Question

kai picked 11 times as many blueberries as nico. Together they pick 936 bluebarries. how many blueberries did each boy pick.

Answer 1

First you need to break it down. If Kai picked 11 times more blueberries then Nico, the amount of blueberries he picked multiplied by the amount of blueberries Kai picked would be 936. Nico had to have picked more blueberries then ten, because 10x11 is only 110, and that isnt 936. He had to have picked more then 20, because 20x11 is 222. And he picked more then 30 because 30x11 is only 333. Normally I would keep on doing this, and soon you will get to 85. Thats your answer, and i hope i kinda helped you

Answer 2

Answer:  Kai picked 858 blueberries and Nico picked 78 blueberries.

Step-by-step explanation:  Given that Kai picked 11 times as many blueberries as Nico and together they picked 936 blueberries.

We are to find the number of blueberries that Kai and Nico picked.

Let x and y represents the number of blueberries that Kai and Nico picked respectively.

Then, according to the given information, we have

$x=11y~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~(i)\\\\x+y=936~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~(ii)$

Substituting the value of x from equation (i) in equation (ii), we get

$x+y=936\\\\\Rightarrow 11y+y=936\\\\\Rightarrow 12y=936\\\\\Rightarrow y=\dfrac{936}{12}\\\\\Rightarrow y=78.$

And, from equation (i), we get

$x=11\times78=858.$

Thus, Kai picked 858 blueberries and Nico picked 78 blueberries.