SOLUTION: A clown weighs 60lb more than a trapeze artist.the trapeze artist weighs two thirds as much as the clown.How much does each weigh.
choices for the weigh of the trapeze artist.110,
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Question 98548: A clown weighs 60lb more than a trapeze artist.the trapeze artist weighs two thirds as much as the clown.How much does each weigh.
choices for the weigh of the trapeze artist.110,120,125
Answer by WannabeCAgirl83(35) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Here you go...
clown:
trapeze artist:
You cannot work with two variables. One of them has to "disappear" for you to be able to solve this.
As t is the same as , you can substitue for t as follows:
substitute for t...
multiply by LCD 3...
subtract 2c...
---> The clown ways 180 lbs.
As the problem stated that the clown weighs 60 lbs more than the trapeze artist, you subtract 60 from 180 to get the weight for the trapeze artist: 120 lbs.
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