Question 399418
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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