George has 600 baseball cards and Joy has one fifth as many baseball cards as George. How many baseb

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    math_celebrity Administrator Staff Member

    George has 600 baseball cards and Joy has one fifth as many baseball cards as George. How many baseball cards does joy have?

    Let j = Joy's cards and g = George's cards. We have the following equation:

    g = 600
    j = 1/5g

    So j = 600/5
    j = 120
     

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