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 bought, t.

Answer 1

The total number of clementines Sal brought is 12 * 4 = <<12*4=48>>48.
The total number of clementines Joe brought is 12 * 6 = <<12*6=72>>72.
So the total number of clementines that Sal and Joe brought is 48 + 72 = <<48+72=120>>120.
The total number of clementines Trisha brought is 180 - 120 = <<180-120=60>>60.
Trisha brought 60 / 12 = <<60/12=5>>5 bags.
Thus the equation is t = 5. Answer: \boxed{t=5}.