A park warden has issued 24 citations over the past three hours. He issued the same number for littering as he did for off-leash dogs, and he issued double the number of other citations for parking fines. How many littering citations did the warden issue? Give me reasons, before answering the question
Let L be the number of littering citations the warden issued. He issued 2L citations for littering and off - leash dogs, and 2 * 2L = 4L citations for parking fines. In all, he issued 2L + 4L = 6L = 24 citations. Thus, he issued L = 24 / 6 = 4 citations for littering. So the final answer is 4.