Question

Barry’s mountain bike weighs 6 pounds more than andy’s. Their bike weigh 42 pound together . Write an equation that represent the sum of weigh altogether.

Answer 1

Hi there!

Let b equal the weight of Barry's mountain bike. Let a equal the weight of Andy's mountain bike. 

b - 6 + b = 42

Since Barry's mountain bike weighs 6 pounds more than Andy's, we can say that Andy's mountain bike weighs b - 6 pounds. Since both mountain bikes added together is 42 pounds, b - 6 + b would be equal to 42. 

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