So Sahra is 3 times as old as her daugter. That means that the sum of their age is the daughters age times 4.
We can prove that by saying the daughters age is x. Sahra's age must be 3x. Their sum must be x+3x = 4x.
So to get the daughters age we divide the sum by 4, which is 8.
Answer:
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Step-by-step explanation:
We can easily solve this question by using a graphing calculator or any plotting tool.
The equation is
f(x) = (1/4)*(4)^(x)
Which is an exponential function, that grows rapidly to infinity as x increases.
Let W = number of wristbands.
Let B = number of belts.
Number equation: W + B = 30
Value equation: 5.50W + 8.75B = 204.00
Multiply the top equation by 5.50 and subtract it from the bottom equation:
5.50W + 8.75B = 204.00 <--- 5.50(W + B = 30)
5.50W + 5.50B = 165.00
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---> 3.25B = 39.00 <--- subtract down the columns
---> B = 12 <--- divide by 3.25
Since W + B = 30 ---> W + 12 = 30 ---? W = 18
There were 12 belts and 18 wristbands.
