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Originally posted by queer
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If Mollie has twice as many Beanie Babies as Jenn and Allison has 3 times as many as Jenn, then the total of 72 must be divided by 6. 72÷6=12. Therefore: Jenn has 12 Beanie Babies, Mollie has 24 Beanie Babies, and Allison has 36 Beanie Babies.
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Any easier way to solve it is to use Algebra
J = .5 M
A = 3J
If you put the J on both sides of the = Sign you get
A= 3J
M = 2J
Then just plug numbers in for J until you reach a total of 72.
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