Petr card piles

Peter divided 32 playing cards into two piles. He found that one pile had three times as many cards as the other. How many cards were in each pile?

Final Answer:

a =  24
b =  8

Step-by-step explanation:

a+b=32 a=3b  a+a/3=32  4a=96  a=496=24  a=24
b=a/3=24/3=8



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