SOLUTION: How many items are in each box if 900 items are divided among three boxes such the first box contains half of the second box while the third box contains thrice of the first box

Question 1163309: How many items are in each box if 900 items are divided among three boxes such the first box contains half of the second box while the third box contains thrice of the first box
Answer by Theo(13342) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
x equals the number of items in the first box.
2x equals the number of items in the second box.
3x equals the number of items in the third box.
total is 6x = 900
x = 900 / 6 = 150
first box contains 150
second box contains 300
third bot contains 450
that's your solution.

RELATED QUESTIONS
How many items are in each box if 900 items are divided: among three boxes such that the... (answered by Theo)

How many items are in each box if 900 Items are divided among three boxes such as the... (answered by Theo)

Box A contains 13 items of which 8 are defective, and Box B contains 8 items of which 3... (answered by stanbon)

A box contains 15 items, 4 of which are defective. Three items are selected. What is the... (answered by AnlytcPhil,Theo,ikleyn)

A box contains 15 items, 4 of which are defective and 11 are good. Two items are... (answered by Fombitz)

Box A contains 8 items of which 3 are defective, and box B contains 5 items of which 2... (answered by greenestamps)

a box of parts contains 8 good items and 4 defective items. if 2 are selected at random... (answered by ewatrrr)

A box contains eight items of which three are defective and another box contains five... (answered by ikleyn)

Parts are placed in two boxes. The first box contains 8 parts, 6 of them meet the... (answered by Edwin McCravy)