document.write( "Question 318090: at a bicycle store there were a bunch of bicycles and tricycles. If there were 32 seats and 72 wheels, how many bicycles and how many tricycles were there \n" ); document.write( "

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Let t be the number of tricycles.
\n" ); document.write( "tricycle wheels + bicycle wheels = 72
\n" ); document.write( "3t+2(32-t)=72
\n" ); document.write( "3t+64-2t=72
\n" ); document.write( "t=8
\n" ); document.write( "32-8=24 bicycles
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