Answer:
8 pieces of candy
Step-by-step explanation:
Take the original amount of candy in the bowl to be .
It says that 20 pieces of candy were added, therefore there are pieces of candy in the bowl.
Half of the candy is gone, therefore pieces of candy are left in the bowl.
After half of the candy is gone, there are 14 pieces left, so we can say that
Solve for :
Answer:
Step-by-step explanation:
2)
a) elimination method
b) substitution method
c) substitution method
For the first part we can elimate the y variable by subtracting the equations. We can then find the value of x.
For the second part we can substitute y as 2x+5 in the second equation and solve for x.
For the third part we can substitute y as 4x+3 in the first equation and solve for x.
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