Question

1. if someone says that a jacket is 25% off, what does that mean? it means its 25% of of the origane prize 5. april and amy are twin sisters. they have a total of 120 cds. if amy has twice as many cds as april, how many cds do each of them have?

Explanation:

Step1: Set up an equation

Let the number of CDs April has be $x$. Then Amy has $2x$ CDs. The total number of CDs is 120, so $x + 2x=120$.

Step2: Combine like - terms

Combining the left - hand side of the equation gives $3x = 120$.

Step3: Solve for $x$

Dividing both sides of the equation $3x = 120$ by 3, we get $x=\frac{120}{3}=40$.

Step4: Find the number of CDs for each person

April has $x = 40$ CDs. Amy has $2x=2\times40 = 80$ CDs.

Answer:

April has 40 CDs and Amy has 80 CDs.