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Yakvenalex [24]
3 years ago
13

At a farm, there are two huge pits for storing hay. 90 tons of hay is stored in the first pit, 75 tons in the second pit. Then,

three times as much hay was removed from the first pit as was removed from the second pit. After that, there was half as much hay in the first pit as there was now in the second pit. How many tons of hay was taken from the first pit?
Mathematics
1 answer:
Travka [436]3 years ago
6 0

Answer:

63 tons

Step-by-step explanation:

The problem statement asks for the tons of hay removed from the first pit. It is convenient to let a variable (x) represent that amount. This is said to be 3 times the amount removed from the second pit, so that amount must be x/3.

The amount remaining in the first pit is 90-x.

The amount remaining in the second pit is 75 -x/3.

Since the first pit remaining amount is half the second pit remaining amount, we can write the equation ...

... 90 -x = (1/2)(75 -x/3)

... 180 -2x = 75 -x/3 . . . . multiply by 2

... 105 - 2x = -x/3 . . . . . . subtract 75

... 315 -6x = -x . . . . . . . . multiply by 3

... 315 = 5x . . . . . . . . . . . add 6x

... 63 = x . . . . . . . . . . . . . divide by 5

63 tons of hay were taken from the first pit.

_____

<em>Check</em>

After removing 63 tons from the first pit, there are 27 tons remaining. After removing 63/3 = 21 tons from the second pit, there are 54 tons remaining. 27 is half of 54, so the answer checks OK.

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