Answer:
176 sweets
Step-by-step explanation:
162 - 30 = 132 this finds the 3/4 before he purchased more sweets.
132 divided by 3 = 44 This finds how many thirds their are. (We do 3 not 4 because 1/4 is already gone and there are only 3rds lefts.)
44 x 4 = 176 This finds the total before he purchased more.
Hope this helps!
Multiply untegers and divide integers?
Think of it as a normal linear equation first. Let's find the slope.
m = rise/run = (3-1)/(0-1) = -2
We know the slope is negative now, so we can immediately get rid of the first two answers. Now, we know that the solutions must be under the line itself, so we can try figuring it out by testing some points. Let's use (0,0).
Is 0 </> 0+3? Since it's <, then we know the last answer is correct (y < -2x + 3).
x = number of 1-cent stamps
y = number of 8-cent stamps
z = number of 12-cent stamps
We have 31 stamps all together, so x+y+z = 31.
"I have 4 more 1-cent stamps than 8-cent stamps" means we have the equation x = y+8. Whatever y is, add 8 to it to get x. Solve for y to get y = x-8.
You also have "twice as many one cent stamps as 12 cent stamps", so x = 2z. Solving for z gets you z = 0.5x
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x+y+z = 31
x+x-8+z = 31 ... y replaced with x-8
x+x-8+0.5x = 31 ... plug in z = 0.5x
2.5x-8 = 31
2.5x = 31+8
2.5x = 39
x = 39/2.5
x = 15.6
Your teacher made a typo somewhere because we should get a positive whole number result for x (since x is a count of how many 1-cent stamps we have).
Answer: 1
Step-by-step explanation:
When dividing fractions, we follow a rule called keep, change, flip:
3/11 * 11/3
33/33
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