SOLUTION: At billys preschool, they have bicycles and tricycles, with a total of 57 wheels. The number of bicycles is there less than three times the number of tricycles. How many of each is

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Question 1140941: At billys preschool, they have bicycles and tricycles, with a total of 57 wheels. The number of bicycles is there less than three times the number of tricycles. How many of each is there?
I tried the making the equation 2b+3t=47 and 3-3t=n. I don't think it was the right answer
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Your 2nd sentence doesn't make sense

Answer by josgarithmetic(39616) About Me  (Show Source):
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b, number of bicycles
t, number of tricycles


2b%2B3t=57-----------...,with a total of 57 wheels.

b=3t-3------------The number of bicycles is there less than three times the number of tricycles.

Solving both equations for 3t, since they both have the term:
57-2b=b%2B3
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57-3=b%2B2b
54=3b
b=54%2F3
highlight%28b=18%29----------eighteen bicycles

highlight%287%29--------------------tricycles