Question

Timeless Toys Builds tricycles and Wagons. The owner noticed that there are several different ways that a customer could place an order for 5 items. For example, the customer could order all tricycles , or all wagons, or some combination of tricycles and wagons
A. For the case of 5-item order, how many different ways are there to place an order? For Each case, list the number of wheels that would be needed.

B. If a customer ordered 5 items and the order had a total of 17 wheels, how many wagons we're ordered? Show your work and Explain

Answer 1

A. a total of 6 different ways there is to place an order of an order of 5 items.
(im going to use w for wagon and t or tricycles)
5w=20 wheels
4w+1t= 19 wheels
3w+2t=18 wheels
2w+3t=17 wheels
1w+4t= 16 wheels
5t=15 wheels

C. 2 wagons because if they would of bought anymore wagons there would be more wheels. 

work: 2*4=8 3*3=9 8+9=17