Brett organized his containers into bins. He put 3 flower pots and v vases in each bin. After filling 5 bins, he used a total of 25 containers.

Question

Choose the tape diagram that represents the situation.

25
v+3
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25
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25
v+3
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You got it!
What does the unknown value, v, represent in this problem?
25
v+3
v+3
v+3
v+3
v+3

The total number of vases Brett has

The number of flower pots in each bin

The total number of containers Brett has

The number of vases in each bin
Good work!
Solve for the value of of v.
25
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v=

Answer 1

To find the value of \( v \), we can set up an equation based on the information provided in the problem.

Brett put 3 flower pots and \( v \) vases in each bin. Since he filled 5 bins and used a total of 25 containers, we can express this mathematically as follows:

\[ 5 \times (3 + v) = 25 \]

Now, let's simplify the left side:

\[ 15 + 5v = 25 \]

Next, we can isolate \( 5v \) by subtracting 15 from both sides:

\[ 5v = 25 - 15 \] \[ 5v = 10 \]

Now, divide both sides by 5 to solve for \( v \):

\[ v = \frac{10}{5} \] \[ v = 2 \]

So, the value of \( v \) is \( 2 \). This means there are 2 vases in each bin.