SOLUTION: Gabe has a basket containing only tomatoes and carrots. The total number of tomatoes and carrots is four times the number of tomatoes. If there are 15 carrots in the basket, how ma

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Question 910685: Gabe has a basket containing only tomatoes and carrots. The total number of tomatoes and carrots is four times the number of tomatoes. If there are 15 carrots in the basket, how many more carrots than tomatoes are there in the basket ?
Answer by josgarithmetic(39620) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
t tomatos
c carrots

t%2Bc=4%2At, and c=15;
find c-t specifically.

t%2Bc=4t
t%2B15=4t
-3t=-15
highlight%28t=5%29
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c-t=15-5
highlight%28highlight%28c-t=10%29%29