Snickers come in packages of 10. Lollipops come in packages of 12. Brett wants to purchase the smallest number of Snickers and l
ollipops so that he will have exactly 1 Snickers per lollipop. How many individual Snickers and lollipops does Brett need to buy? How many packages of Snickers and how many packages of lollipops will that be?
This is the equation: ×+2x+5x+1=25 Combine like terms to get: 8x+1=25 Now subtract 1 from both sides to result in; 8x=24 Divide 8 into both sides to get: ×=3 inches for the first one.
