Question 177811: zain and hina have 375 strawberries.Each time hina picks 3 strawberries zain has 2. how many strawbrries did each of them pick up? Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! zain and hina have 375 strawberries.Each time hina picks 3 strawberries zain has 2. how many strawbrries did each of them pick up?
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Let number of berries picked by zain be 2x; then # of berries
piciked by hina will be 3x
Equation:
3x + 2x = 375
5x = 375
x = 75
2x = 150 (# of berries picked by zain)
3x = 225 (# of berries picked by hina)
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Stan H.
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