Question

Can someone PLEASE help me solve this ive been stuck on it for half an hour

Answer 1

Answer:

Each poodle requires 1 balloon(s) and each poodle requires 3 balloons.

Step-by-step explanation:

The equations that should be formed are:

3x + 3y = 12

3x + 2y = 9

In this scenario, x is the number of balloons required for a poodle, and y is the number of balloons required for a giraffe.

The question says that it should be solved using elimination.

This means that we have to completely reduce a variable to find the answer of the other remaining value. Since in both equations the coefficient of x is 3, they can cancel out when we subtract one from the other:

  3x + 3y = 12

-  3x + 2y = 9

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            y = 3

This means that the number of balloons required for a giraffe is 3.

We can then put in this value of y, 3, into the equation to solve for x.

3x + 3 (3) = 12

3x + 9 = 12

3x = 12 - 9

3x = 3

 x = 1

This reduces into the number of balloons required for a poodle to be 1.

We can confirm by plugging it in into the other equation.

3x + 2 (3) = 9

3x + 6 = 9

3x = 9 - 6

3x = 3

x = 1

After confirming, this should be the answer.

Hopefully this helps!

Answer 2

baloon poodle requires 1 and giraffe requires 3 balloons.

i really hope this is the correct answer, sorry if I'm wrong.

if you want/need an explanation you can ask me and I'll explain how i did it