SOLUTION: In last Saturday's parade, Tom Counted a total of 76 bicycles and tricycles, for a total of 227 wheels. How many tricycles were in the parade?

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Question 345607: In last Saturday's parade, Tom Counted a total of 76 bicycles and tricycles, for a total of 227 wheels. How many tricycles were in the parade?
Found 2 solutions by ewatrrr, solver91311:
Answer by ewatrrr(24785) (Show Source):
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Hi,
76 Bicycles have 152 Wheels
227 - 152 = 75 The remaining wheels for tricycles.
Let T be the number of Triclyes.

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check your answer:
76*2 + 25*3 = 227

Answer by solver91311(24713) (Show Source):
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Let represent the number of bicycles and let represent the number of tricycles. Then represents the number of wheels on bicycles and represents the number of wheels on tricycles.

We know that:

and that

Solve the system for

Hint: Solve the first equation for or in terms of everything else, and then substitute into the second equation.

John

My calculator said it, I believe it, that settles it