SOLUTION: Steve ate 100 peanut butter cups in 5 days. Each day he ate six more than the previous day. Determine how many peanut butter cups he ate on the first day.

Question 257436: Steve ate 100 peanut butter cups in 5 days. Each day he ate six more than the
previous day. Determine how many peanut butter cups he ate on the first day.
Answer by Alan3354(69443) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Steve ate 100 peanut butter cups in 5 days. Each day he ate six more than the
previous day. Determine how many peanut butter cups he ate on the first day.
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The 5 numbers total 100.
The average is 20, so that's the middle number.
--> 8, 14, 20, 26, 32

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