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Question 1067548: question 1. two trucks carried some bags of cement. one truck carried three times as many bags of cement as the other. both trucks together carried 1120 bags. how many bags of cement did the smaller truck carry?
question 2. David spent x naira on lunch, while Ismail spent 50 naira more than David Dolapo spent twice as much as David, they spent 250 naira altogether. how much did each person spent Answer by addingup(3677) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! The other (smaller) truck carried x bags
One truck (big truck) carried 3x
3x+x = 1120
4x = 1120
x = 280 bags
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David = x
Ismail = x+50
Dolapo = 2x
2x+x+x+50 = 250
4x = 200
x = 50
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Check:
David = 50
Ismail= 50+50 = 100
Dolapo= 2(50) = 100
100+100+50 = 250 Correct.
