Caden and collin had 60 gifts altogether. if caden gave collin 12 of his gifts and collin gave 10 of his gifts to caden, caden would have 3 times as many as collin. how many gifts did each if the boys start with?

Caden had 47 gifts and Collin had 13 gifts at the start.

Step-by-step explanation:

Given:

Caden and Collin had 60 gifts altogether.

Let number of gifts of Caden had be x

also Let number of gift Collin had be y.

Hence the equation can be framed as;

Also given Caden gave Collin 12 of his gifts and Collin gave 10 of his gifts to Caden, Caden would have 3 times as many as Collin.

Hence the equation can be framed as;

Now Solving the above equation we get;

Now Subtracting equation 2 from equation 1 we get;

Now Substituting the value of y in equation 1 we get;

Hence Caden had 47 gifts and Collin had 13 gifts at the start.

10.4 inches

step-by-step explanation:

2x2x2.6