SOLUTION: mary and ralph collects baseball cards.mary has ten times the number of baseball cards that ralph has. together they have 462 baseball cards. find how many baseball cards mary has.

Question 399418: mary and ralph collects baseball cards.mary has ten times the number of baseball cards that ralph has. together they have 462 baseball cards. find how many baseball cards mary has.
Answer by ewatrrr(24785) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!



Hi

mary has ten times the number of baseball cards that ralph has

Let x and 10x represent the number ralph and mary have respectively

Question states***

 x + 10x = 462

Solving for x

    11x = 462

      x = 42, the number ralph has.  Mary has 420.   (10*42)

CHECKING our Answer***

     42 + 420 = 462 

RELATED QUESTIONS

Jack collects baseball and football cards.He has 125 cards rotal.The number of baseball... (answered by sarah_adam,priya)
Juan and Franco collect baseball cards.  Juan has J baseball cards.  Franco has 18 fewer... (answered by josgarithmetic)
MAX HAS 2 TIMES AS MANY BASEBALL CARDS AS CAL. TOGETHER THEY HAVE 60 BASEBALL CARDS. HOW... (answered by nyc_function)
Joe has 16 baseball cards that football cards.  He also noticed that of the total he has... (answered by mukhopadhyay)
Joe has 16 more baseball cards than football cards. He also noticed that of the total he... (answered by lynnlo)
Yolonda has 7 more baseball cards than Jeff. Jeff has three times as many baseball cards... (answered by josgarithmetic,ikleyn)
Armando collects baseball cards. He currently has 48 cards, and buys 5 new cards a week.... (answered by ikeoddy)
rita has two more than three times the number of baseball cards then ben has. if rita... (answered by jojo14344)
Craig has 7 times as many baseball cards as Juan. If Craig gives 18 baseball cards to... (answered by ikleyn,greenestamps)