Ted has 6 dollars less than 4 times the amount Katie has. If they both have 94 dollars together, how much does Katie have?

Question

Cant figure out how to get the answer with only two people

Answer 1

The answer would be that Katie has $20 and Ted has $74.

Ted has $6 less than 4x what Katie has, but both have enough to add up to $94. So write out the equation.

(94+6)

5

We create this equation by taking the $94 and adding $6, since Katie has $6 more than 4x what Ted has. We then divide this by five since there are 5 variables (I.e. Ted has 4x and Katie has 1x).

Once we complete this equation, we get 20. Therefore, Katie has $20 and Ted has $74. Now, let’s double check to make sure this works.

$74 + $20 = $94.

We did it!