Question 511309: I am in pre-algebra. My teacher gave me a worksheet with word problems, but he did not explain how to do it.Can you please help me to understand this? Thank you!
Simplifying algebraic expressions...
This nut bread contains: 2 walnuts, twice as many pecans as walnuts, 10 nuts in all.
I am suppose to find out how many of each type of nut does the bread have.
Answer by stanbon(75887)   (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! This nut bread contains: 2 walnuts, twice as many pecans as walnuts, 10 nuts in all.
I am supposed to find out how many of each type of nut does the bread have.
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walnuts: 2
pecans: 2*2 = 4
other nuts: 10-(2+4) = 10-6 = 4
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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