SOLUTION: in the 2016 summer olympic, host brazil earned 1 more gold medal than silver. the number of silver medals brazil earned was the same as the number of bronze medals. brazil earned a
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Question 1176523: in the 2016 summer olympic, host brazil earned 1 more gold medal than silver. the number of silver medals brazil earned was the same as the number of bronze medals. brazil earned a total of 19 medals. how many of each kind of medal did brazil earn' Answer by greenestamps(13200) (Show Source):
Rewrite the given information in words that are more easily translated into mathematical statements.
The numbers of silver and bronze medals Brazil won were the same, and the number of gold medals they won was one more.
Using that...
let x = # of bronze medals
then x = # of silver medals
and x+1 = # of gold medals
Use those expressions for the numbers of each kind of medal, along with the fact that they earned a total of 19 medals, to write and solve an equation.
Solve using basic algebra....
Then remember the answer to the question is not just "x"; it is the number of each kind of medal won.
