SOLUTION: A storehouse is used to store bags of rice and barley. There are 6 times as many bags of rice as there are bags of barley. A worker counts that there are 75 more bags of rice than

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Question 1117028: A storehouse is used to store bags of rice and barley. There are 6 times as many bags of rice as there are bags of barley. A worker counts that there are 75 more bags of rice than bags of barley. How many bags of barley are there?
Answer by josgarithmetic(39617) About Me  (Show Source):
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r, bags rice
b, bags barley


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6b=b%2B75

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