SOLUTION: Joe collected three times as many stamps as Angela. Together, they collected 360 stamps in total. How many stamps did each collect?      360/4 divide by 4 360/4 =90 over 1

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Question 1152141: Joe collected three times as many stamps as Angela.
Together, they collected 360 stamps in total.
How many stamps did each collect?     
360/4 divide by 4 360/4 =90 over 1.  4/4 =0. anything divided by one stays the same. answer: 90
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Joe collected x stamps
Angela collected y stamps

if Joe collected three times as many stamps as Angela, we have
x=3y .......eq.1
Together, they collected 360 stamps in total:
x%2By=360 .......eq.2........substitute x from eq.1
3y%2By=360
4y=360
y=360%2F4
y=90

go to x=3y .......eq.1 ..substitute y
x=3%2A90
x=270


so, Joe collected 270 stamps and Angela collected 90 stamps