SOLUTION: Solve the problem using the​ six-step method.
A pharmacist found at the end of the day she had
3/2 as many prescriptions for antibiotics as tranquilizers. She had 40 pre
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Question 1087846: Solve the problem using the six-step method.
A pharmacist found at the end of the day she had
3/2 as many prescriptions for antibiotics as tranquilizers. She had 40 prescriptions altogether. How many did she have for? tranquilizers?
she had ? tranquilizer prescriptions.
Answer by addingup(3677) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
A pharmacist found at the end of the day she had
3/2 as many prescriptions for antibiotics as tranquilizers. She had 40 prescriptions altogether. How many did she have for? tranquilizers?
:
a = antibiotics
t = tranquilizers
t = 3/2a
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a+t = 40
a+3/2a = 40
5/2a = 40
a = (40*2)/5
a = 80/5
a = 16
You figure out the tranquilizers (40-a)
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