document.write( "Question 63034: Circle Path, Inc. makes bicycles, tricycles, and unicycles. Last week they made 88 more bicycles than unicycles, and 5 times as many tricycles as unicycles. If they made 40 more bicycles than tricycles, how many unicycles did they make? \n" ); document.write( "
Algebra.Com's Answer #43843 by stanbon(75887)![]() ![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! Circle Path, Inc. makes bicycles, tricycles, and unicycles. Last week they made 88 more bicycles than unicycles, and 5 times as many tricycles as unicycles. If they made 40 more bicycles than tricycles, how many unicycles did they make? \n" ); document.write( "-------------------- \n" ); document.write( "Let number of unicycles be \"x\" \n" ); document.write( "Then number of bicycles is \"x+88\" \n" ); document.write( "And number of tricycles is \"5x\" \n" ); document.write( "------------- \n" ); document.write( "EQUATION: \n" ); document.write( "# tricycles = # bicycles -40 \n" ); document.write( "5x=x+88-40 \n" ); document.write( "4x=48 \n" ); document.write( "x=12 (# of unicycles made) \n" ); document.write( "Cheers, \n" ); document.write( "Stan H. \n" ); document.write( " |