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  • 24-10-2016
  • Mathematics
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Samaria has 6 more than three times as many pieces of candy as sydney. samaria has 36 pieces of candy. how many does sydney have?

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xkatieex xkatieex
  • 24-10-2016
36- 6 = 30 
30 divided by 3 = 10 
sydney only has 10 pieces of candy
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carlosego
carlosego carlosego
  • 16-10-2018

For this case we have:

x: Number of candies that Sydney has

The equation to find the amount of Sydney sweets is given by:

[tex]3x + 6 = 36[/tex]

We want to clear x:

[tex]3x = 36-63x = 30[/tex]

[tex]x = \frac{30}{3}[/tex]

[tex]x = 10[/tex]

So, Sydney has 10 candies

Answer:

Sydney has 10 candies


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