Question

On Monday a post office employee processed a batch of letters, on Tuesday she processed three times as many, and on Wednesday she processed 5,000 cards. In the 3 days she processed 15,000 letters. How many did she process on Tuesday

Answer 1

Let the number of letters processed on Monday = x

She processed 3 times letters on Tuesday.

Therefore, number of letters processed on Tuesday = 3x

Number of letters processed on Wednesday = 5000

Total number of cards processed in 3 days = 15000

Therefore, equation for the situation will be,

x + 3x + 5000 = 15000

4x = 15000 - 5000

4x = 10000

x = 2500

Since, number of letters processed on Tuesday = 3x

Therefore, number of letters processed on Tuesday = 3(2500)

                                                                                             = 7500

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