If you see a variable by itself what number is actually there but is invisible?

Liz had 140 pens and inna had 100 pens. after inna gave liz some pens, liz had 3 times as many pens as inna. how many pens did inna give liz?

Ariel is working at a meat packing plant for 5 nights a week. her regular wage is $11 an hour. she earns tine and a half for any overtime hours. this week she worked 9 hours of over time .how much will ariel earn for overtime this week ?

James is playing his favorite game at the arcade. after playing the game 3 times, he has 8 tokens remaining. he initially had 20 tokens, and the game costs the same number of tokens each time. the number t of tokens james has is a function of g, the number of games he plays. write the function’s formula? t=