Tome has twice as many toys as Luke, Together they hace 39 toys. How may marbles does Tom hae.
This is what I have so far
39=L + T(2)
39 = 3L
13 = L
To solve this problem, let's first assign variables to the unknown quantities. Let:
- L = the number of toys Luke has
- T = the number of toys Tom has
From the information given, we can write two equations:
1. T = 2L (Tome has twice as many toys as Luke)
2. L + T = 39 (Together they have 39 toys)
Now we can solve this system of equations to find the value of T (the number of toys Tom has).
Substituting the value of T from equation 1 into equation 2, we get:
L + 2L = 39
3L = 39
L = 39/3
L = 13
Now, substituting this value of L back into equation 1, we can find the value of T:
T = 2 * 13
T = 26
Therefore, Tom has 26 toys in total.