Question

Joe has 16 more baseball cards than football cards. He also noticed that of the total he has three times as many baseball cards as football cards. How many baseball cards does he have?

Answer 1

24

Explanation:

Number of baseball cards is `b`. Number of football cards is `f`.

`b = f+16` and `b = 3f`

`implies 3f = f+16`

`2f = 16`

`therefore f = 8 implies b = 24`