Two girls caught 25 frogs. Lisa caught four times as many as Jen did. How many frogs did Jen catch?
Lisa => 4x
Jen => x
4x + x = 25
x = 5
Lisa => 20
Jen => 5
jen caught 5 frogs
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If Lisa caught four times as many frogs as Jen, then we can use the information given to solve for the number of frogs Jen caught. Let's call the number of frogs Jen caught "x".
Since Lisa caught four times as many frogs as Jen, we can say that Lisa caught 4 * x = 4x frogs.
Adding the number of frogs caught by Lisa and Jen, we get: Lisa's frogs (4x) + Jen's frogs (x) = 25.
Simplifying the equation, we have 4x + x = 25.
Combining like terms, we get 5x = 25.
Dividing both sides of the equation by 5, we find that x = 5.
Therefore, Jen caught 5 frogs.
Jen caught 5 frogs.
To solve this problem, we can assume that the number of frogs Jen caught is represented by the variable "x". Since Lisa caught four times as many frogs as Jen, we can say that Lisa's number of frogs is 4 times Jen's number of frogs, or 4x.
According to the problem, the total number of frogs caught by Lisa and Jen is 25. So, we can set up an equation:
4x + x = 25
Combining the like terms on the left side of the equation, we get:
5x = 25
To solve for x, we divide both sides of the equation by 5:
x = 25 / 5
Simplifying further, we find that x = 5.
So, Jen caught 5 frogs.