Problema Solution

Sari has 3 times as many pencil erasers as Sam. Together, they have 28 erasers. How many erasers does Sari have?

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Let 'x' represent the number of erasers that Sari has and 'y' the number of erasers that Sam has.

x + y = 28

x = 3y

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x = 21 erasers

y = 7 erasers

Sari has 21 erasers.