I would probaly have to say $63
You just have to add the two numbers ad divide by two!
Answer: 30 pairs of shorts
21x+420=35x
subtract 21x from both sides of the equation.
420=14x
get rid of the x by division
420/14
you get 30 =x
Most of the information's are already given in the question. It is important to understand the language of the problem for solving the problem. Once the language is understood, then solving the problem is easy.
Let us assume the number of black jelly beans = x
Number of yellow jelly beans = y
Then from the question we can get to a equation.
3x - 7 = y
We also know from the question that
x + y = 225
x + 3x -7 = 225
4x = 225 + 7
4x = 232
x = 232/4
= 58
So Cassidy has 58 black jelly beans out of the total of 225 jelly beans
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This changes to a mix fraction
3 [tex] \frac{5}{9}