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

To determine how many bags of clementines Trisha brought, we can first calculate the total number of clementines brought by Sal and Joe, and then express the total number of clementines using Trisha's bags.

1. Calculate clementines from Sal and Joe:

   • Sal brought 4 bags. Since each bag contains 12 clementines: \[ \text{Clementines from Sal} = 4 \times 12 = 48 \]

   • Joe brought 6 bags: \[ \text{Clementines from Joe} = 6 \times 12 = 72 \]

2. Find the total clementines from Sal and Joe: \[ \text{Total from Sal and Joe} = 48 + 72 = 120 \]

3. Write an equation for the total clementines: Let \( t \) be the number of bags Trisha brought. Then, the number of clementines from Trisha is: \[ 12t \quad \text{(since each bag contains 12 clementines)} \]

4. Formulate the equation: The total number of clementines from Sal, Joe, and Trisha is 180: \[ 120 + 12t = 180 \]

So the equation to determine how many bags Trisha brought is: \[ 12t + 120 = 180 \]