charles has 6 times as many action figures as ben. together, their action figures total more than 75. how many does each have

Answer 1

Assuming that neither Charles nor Ben have fractional figures, we can let x = number of Ben's action figures.

Our equation representing the allotment of figures is: 6X + 1X > 75. So, 7X > 75, and X = 10 5/7. Since no one owns partial figures, we can round up so that Ben has 11 figures, and Charles has 6X = 66 figures.

When added together as in the initial equation, we get 66 + 11 = 77 figures. It checks true because 77 > 75.