Question

John owns 6 more than twice the number of toy cars that Merry owns.
Both of them have a total of 12 toy cars. How many toy cars Merry owns?

• A. $3$
• B. $4$
• C. $2$

Answer 1

The correct option is C $2$

Let Merry owns $t$ toy cars.
accordingly, John owns $2t+6$ toy cars.
Given that both of them have a total of $12$ toy cars.
$\Rightarrow t+(2t+6)=12$
$\Rightarrow 3t=6\Rightarrow t=2$
$\therefore$ Merry owns 2 toy cars.