Lake alice is full of alligators and turtles the number of turtles is 16 less than 3 times the number of alligators in the lake there are 200 reptiles total

72 alligators, 128 turtles

Step-by-step explanation:

When you put the words into the form of an equation, with a being alligators, you get

3a-16=200

So you have to do 'letters left numbers right'. This gives you

3a=216

Now you have to divide. 216 divided by 3 equals 72. So there are 72 alligators. 200 minus 72 equals 128, so there are 128 turtles

The number of alligators and number of turtles are 54 and 146 respectively.

Step-by-step explanation:

Given :

The number of turtles is 16 less than 3 times the number of alligators in the lake

There are 200 reptiles total.

To Find :  Find the numbers of alligators and turtles .

Solution:

Let the number of alligators be x

So, The number of turtles is 16 less than 3 times the number of alligators

Number of turtles = 3x-16

Now we are given that there are 200 reptiles in total .

Number of alligators = 54

Number of turtles = 3(54)-16 = 146

Hence the number of alligators and number of turtles are 54 and 146 respectively .

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