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Question 919747: Cycle center has bicycles and tricycles in the store room. There is at least two of each and there are more bicycles than tricycles. There are 23 wheels altogether. How many bicycles and tricycles are there in the store room?
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Answer by ewatrrr(24785) (Show Source):
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2x + 3y = 23
2(7) + 3(3) = 23
7 Bicycles and 3 Tricycles
the Idea is to have a multiple of 2 such that 23-2n is divisible by 3

Answer by MathTherapy(10555) (Show Source):
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Cycle center has bicycles and tricycles in the store room. There is at least two of each and there are more bicycles than tricycles. There are 23 wheels altogether. How many bicycles and tricycles are there in the store room?

There can either be:
bikes, and trikes, OR
bikes, and trikes, but since there are more bikes
than trikes, then the former is the CORRECT choice.
You can do the check!!
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