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Vinil7 [7]
2 years ago
5

Box A contains 10 pens that are either red or blue in colour. Box B contains 23 pens that are also either red or blue in colour.

The number of blue pens in Box B is twice the number of blue pens in Box A while the number of red pens in Box B is thrice the number of red pens in Box A. Write a pair of linear equations using b as the number of blue pens in Box A and r as the number of red pens in Box A.
Mathematics
1 answer:
NISA [10]2 years ago
8 0

Answer:

b + r = 10 - - (1)

2r + 3b = 23 - - (2)

Step-by-step explanation:

Number of Blue pens in box A = b

Number of red pens in box A = r

BOX A :

Contains 10 pens that are either red or blue

b + r = 10

BOX B:

Contains 23 pens that are either red or blue ;

Red pens in box B = 2 tines the number of red pens in box A

Blue pens in box B = 3 times the number of blue pens in box A

2r + 3b = 23

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