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There are three baskets, a brown one, a red one and a pink one, holding a total of 10 eggs.
The Brown basket has one more egg in it than the Red basket.
The Red basket has 3 eggs less than the Pink basket.
How many eggs are in each basket?
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Posted: 03/12/2006 11:48 AM |
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brown + red + pink = 10
brown = red +1
red = pink - 3
Thus:
brown = (pink - 3) +1
brown = pink - 2
Thus:
brown + red + pink = 10
(pink - 2) + (pink - 3) + pink = 10
3pink -5 = 10
3pink = 15
pink = 5
red = 2
brown = 3 |
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| Three baskets | |
Posted: 03/13/2006 7:34 AM |
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LOL, of course you're right, bigR. When faced with math problems of this type my eyes just glaze over. Hard to believe I actually made it through two years of algebra isn't it! I actually found algebra to be fun at the time. Now I don't remember any of it.
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Posted: 03/13/2006 9:09 PM |
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Don't think about it, just use it. Grocery price comparisons are algebra, for example. LOL |
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