Veronica got 3 times as many gifts as Natalie. Together Veronica and Natalie got a total of 12 gifts how many gifts did Natalie (x) and Veronica (y) each get

The equation we'll use for this is:Total Gifts = Veronica's Gifts (v) + Natalie's Gifts (n).

12 = v + n

The problem says Veronica got 3 times as many gifts as Natalie.

You can directly translate this into an equation!

v = 3 * n = 3n. This means we can replace any v with 3n.

So, 12 = v + n = 3n + n = 4n

12 = 4n

3 = n. Natalie got 3 gifts.

We can now plug back in for Veronica's gifts:

v = 3n

v = 3 (3)

v = 9. Veronica got 9 gifts.