Ms. Allen has twice as many pets as Ms. Johns. Ms. Allen has 8 pets. How many pets does Ms. Johns have?

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Sayani R.
Mar 31, 2016

Ms Johns has 4 pets.

Explanation:

We know Ms Allen has #8# pets. And this is twice the number pets that Ms Johns has.

Let the number of pets that Ms Johns has be #x#.

According to the question, Ms Allen has #2x# pets.

So, #2x# #=# #8#
#rArr# #x# #=# #4#

Thus, Ms Johns has #4# pets.

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