in one day , juan sends keith 8 times as many messages as he sends laurence , and laurence sends missy 4.5 times as many messages as he receives from juan . if missy received 18 messages from laurence , how many messages does keith receive from juan ?  Choices:
A) 13
B) 26
C) 32
D) 48
E) 56

Rationale: juan - - > laurence = x messages ; juan - - > keith = 8 x messages ( juan sends keith eight times as many messages as he sends laurence ) ; laurence - - > missy = 4.5 x = 18 ( laurence sends missy 4.5 times as many messages as he receives from juan ) . 4.5 x = 18 - - > x = 4 - - > 8 x = 32 . answer : c .
Answer: C