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?

I'm not sure, but I think Johnny had 5 items and Bobby had 13 items.

Step-by-step explanation:

Layout to solve it:

Bobby's = Johnny's + Johnny's + Johnny's

Johnny's = Bobby's - 8.

explanation:

previous steps have made pa≅ pb ≅ st ≅ su. setting the compass width to ab allows you to make tu the same length. then δstu ≅ δpab by the sss congruence postulate, and ∠p ≅ ∠s by the reason cpctc.