Jeff finds some bugs. He finds 10 fewer grasshoppers than crickets. He finds 5 fewer crickets than ladybugs. If Jeff finds 5 gra

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Sliva [168]

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Jeff finds some bugs. He finds 10 fewer grasshoppers than crickets. He finds 5 fewer crickets than ladybugs. If Jeff finds 5 gra

sshoppers, how many ladybugs does Jeff find? How many circktets does he find? Write two equations to solve the problem.

Mathematics

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AlexFokin [52] · Answer 1 · 2022-05-21T04:00:51+03:00

AlexFokin [52]3 years ago

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If Jeff has 5 grasshoppers, then he would have 15 crickets because x(grasshoppers)+10=y(crickets), and y(crickets)+5=z(ladybugs), which would leave Jeff with 20 ladybugs.