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
.(2 points)

Answer 1

The answer must be written like BLANK (t + BLANK) = BLANK

Answer 2

To find how many bags of clementines Trisha brought, we can set up the equation based on the number of clementines each person brought.

First, let's denote:
- The number of bags Trisha brought as \( t \).
- Each bag contains 12 clementines.

Now we can calculate the total number of clementines contributed by each person:
- Sal brought 4 bags, so he brought \( 4 \times 12 = 48 \) clementines.
- Joe brought 6 bags, so he brought \( 6 \times 12 = 72 \) clementines.
- Trisha brought \( t \) bags, so she brought \( t \times 12 \) clementines.

Adding these amounts together gives us the total number of clementines:

\[
48 + 72 + 12t = 180
\]

Simplifying the left side:

\[
120 + 12t = 180
\]

Now the equation to determine how many bags Trisha brought is:

\[
12t + 120 = 180
\]

You can solve this equation to find \( t \), the number of bags Trisha brought.