SOLUTION: A crop 2181 bananas is packed into a number of cases. There are 27 cases each holding the same numbers of bananas. There are also 21 loose bananas. How many bananas are there in ea

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Question 1103443: A crop 2181 bananas is packed into a number of cases. There are 27 cases each holding the same numbers of bananas. There are also 21 loose bananas. How many bananas are there in each case?
Answer by josmiceli(19441) About Me  (Show Source):
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Let +x+ = the number of bananas in each case
+2181+%2F+27++=+x+%2B+21+
+80+%2B+%28+2181+-+27%2A80+%29+=+x+%2B+21+
+80+%2B+%28+2181+-+2160+%29+=+x+%2B+21+
+80+%2B+21+=+x+%2B+21+
+x+=+80+
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There are 80 bananas in each case
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check:
+80%2A27+=+2160+
+2160+%2B+21+=+2181+