Question

Samaria has 6 more than three times as many pieces of candy as sydney. samaria has 36 pieces of candy. how many does sydney have?

Answer 1

36- 6 = 30 
30 divided by 3 = 10 
sydney only has 10 pieces of candy

Answer 2

For this case we have:

x: Number of candies that Sydney has

The equation to find the amount of Sydney sweets is given by:

$3x + 6 = 36$

We want to clear x:

$3x = 36-63x = 30$

$x = \frac{30}{3}$

$x = 10$

So, Sydney has 10 candies

Answer:

Sydney has 10 candies