document.write( "Question 606701: A biologist collected 201 fern and moss samples. There were 85 more moss than fern samples. How many fern samples did the biologist collect? \n" ); document.write( "
Algebra.Com's Answer #382182 by lawdej(58)![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! let fern be f and moss be m \n" ); document.write( "m+f=201 and m=f+85 \n" ); document.write( "f+85+f=201 \n" ); document.write( "2f=201-85 \n" ); document.write( "2f=116 \n" ); document.write( "f=116/2 \n" ); document.write( "f=58 \n" ); document.write( "so the biologist was collected 58 fern samples. \n" ); document.write( " |