Julio bought a total of 20 medium and large pumpkins. If he spent $53 and bought 6 more large pumpkins as medium pumpkins, how m

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Olenka [21]

3 years ago

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Julio bought a total of 20 medium and large pumpkins. If he spent $53 and bought 6 more large pumpkins as medium pumpkins, how m

any large pumpkins did he buy?

Mathematics

1 answer:

Tatiana [17] · Answer 1 · 2022-04-25T03:10:14+03:00

Tatiana [17]3 years ago

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20 medium and large pumpkins

m ... number of medium pumpkins
l ... number of large pumpkins

20 = m + l
20 = m + (m + 6)
20 = 2 * m + 6
2 * m = 20 - 6
2 * m = 14
m = 7 medium pumpkins

l = 20 - 7 = 13 large pumpkins

Result: Julio bought 13 large pumpkins.