It's a quadratic equation in disguise. If you let , then
, and we can rewrite the equation as
Solve for however you like; we get
and
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But we want to solve for , so we have
Elisa had some candy to give to her four children. She first took ten pieces for herself and then evenly divided the rest among
her children. Each child received two pieces. With how many pieces did she start.
1 answer:
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Answer: 6.25 or 6
Step-by-step explanation:
Lets do a pro gamer move and convert all fractions to decimals.
We now have 1+1+1.25+1.5+1.5.
From there on we simply do addition.
1+1+1.25+1.5+1.5=6.25
We get 6.25 or 6