Question

Grandma Gertrude gave 131313 pieces of jewelry and Grandma Fien gave yyy pieces of jewelry to the Carlson sisters to divide evenly among themselves. There are 555 Carlson sisters. How many pieces of jewelry did each sister receive?

Answer 1

Answer: (13 + y) / 5

Step-by-step explanation:

Since Grandma Gertrude gave 13 pieces of jewelry and Grandma Fien gave y pieces of jewelry to the Carlson sisters, the total jewellery given to the sisters will be:

= 13 + y

Since there are 5 Carlson sisters, the number of pieces of jewelry that each sister receive will be:

= Total jewelries / Number of sisters

= (13 + y) / 5

Answer 2

Answer:Grandma Gertrude gave 131313 pieces of jewelry and Grandma Fien gave yyy pieces, so the sisters received a total of 13+y13+y13, plus, y pieces of jewelry.

The sisters divided the 13+y13+y13, plus, y pieces of jewelry evenly among themselves, and there were 555 sisters. So each sister received \dfrac{13+y}{5}

5

13+y

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start fraction, 13, plus, y, divided by, 5, end fraction pieces of jewelry.

Each sister received \dfrac{13+y}{5}

5

13+y

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start fraction, 13, plus, y, divided by, 5, end fraction pieces of jewelry.