Sherry has five times as many computer games as jay. Nairan has three times as many computer games as jay. sherry has 16 computer game's more than Nairan has. hiw many games does jay have?

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Katelynn Wall

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Sherry has five times as many computer games as jay. Nairan has three times as many computer games as jay. sherry has 16 computer game's more than Nairan has. hiw many games does jay have?

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Cason Robertson · Answer 1

N + 16 = S. Since you know N = 3J we can write: 3J = S - 16. From here, we know that S = 5J.

so,

3J = 5J - 16 so 2J = 16 and J = 8

So Jay has 8 games.