Bobby's christmas list had 3 more times as many items on it than johnnys list. johnny asked for 8 fewer items than bobby. how many items were on johnnnys (x) and bobby's (y) christmas list?

The items were on Johnny's list was 5 and Bobby's 13.

Step-by-step explanation:

Given:

Bobby's christmas list had 3 more times as many items on it than Johnny's list.

Johnny asked for 8 fewer items than bobby.

Now, to find the number of items were on Johnny's and Bobby's christmas list.

Let the number of items on Johnny's list be .

And let the number of items on Bobby's list be .

So, as given in question:

Bobby's christmas list had 3 more times as many items on it than Johnny's list:

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And, Johnny asked for 8 fewer items than bobby:

Now, putting the value of from equation ( 1 ) in the place of :

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Adding 5 on both sides we get:

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Subtracting on both sides we get:

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Thus, Johnny's list = 5 items.

Now, putting the value of in equation ( 1 ) we get:

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Hence, Bobby's list = 13 items.

Therefore, the items were on Johnny's list was 5 and Bobby's 13.