A game store sells 60 video games in the afternoon. This is 3 times as many as they sold in the morning. How many video games did they sell in the morning?

Question

A game store sells 60 video games in the afternoon. This is 3 times as many as they sold in the morning. How many video games did they sell in the morning?

Answer 1

x is the number sold in the morning.  Three times that is what they sold in the afternoon: 60

3x = 60      divide both sides by 3.

x = 20