Question

Bags of clementines have 12 each. For a party, Sal, Trisha, and Joe each brought bags of clementines. Altogether, there were 180 clementines. Sal brought 4 bags and Joe brought 6. Write the equation to determine how many bags Trisha brought, t.

Answer 1

4 + 6 + t = 12

t = 12 - 10

t = 2

Answer 2

Naahhhh, wrong again


each bag has 12 clems, so...
4(12) + 6(12) + 12t = 180
12t = 60
t = 5

Trisha brought 5 bags

check: 48 + 72 + 60 = 180