Question

David gets half as many emails a day as his wife Nicky does. Together they have a total of 147 emails for today. How many emails did Nicky receive and how many emails did David receive?

Answer 1

Answer:

49 emails.

Explanation:

Let the number of emails received by Nicky each day = x

Since David gets half as many emails a day as his wife Nicky does

The number of emails received by David each day = x/2

Together they have a total of 147 emails for today.

Therefore:

$x+\frac{x}{2}=147$

We then solve for x.

$\begin{gathered} \frac{3}{2}x=147 \\ x=147\times\frac{2}{3} \\ =98 \end{gathered}$

Therefore, the number of emails received by David

=98/2

=49 emails.