Question

Maggie brought oranges and sandwiches to a picnic. The number of oranges was three more than twice the number of sandwiches. Maggie brought 9 oranges to the picnic. How many sandwiches did she bring?

Answer 1

Maggie brought 3 sandwiches to the picnic .

In the question ,

it is given that

Maggie bought oranges and sandwiches to a picnic .

given the number of oranges = 9

also given that , number of oranges was three more than twice the number of sandwiches

let the number of sandwiches Maggie brought to a picnic be x .

So , the number of oranges is = 2x + 3

So , 2x + 3 = 9

Subtracting 3 from both the sides ,

we get ,

2x = 9 - 3

2x = 6

On dividing both sides by 2,

we get ,

x = 6/2

x = 3

Therefore , the number of sandwiches = 3  .

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