Bags of clementines have 12 each. For a party, Sal, Trisha, and Joe each brought bags of

Question

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

Let \( t \) be the number of bags of clementines that Trisha brought.

Each bag contains 12 clementines. Therefore, the total number of clementines brought by each person can be expressed as follows:

• Sal brought \( 4 \) bags, which means he brought \( 4 \times 12 = 48 \) clementines.
• Joe brought \( 6 \) bags, which means he brought \( 6 \times 12 = 72 \) clementines.
• Trisha brought \( t \) bags, so she brought \( t \times 12 \) clementines.

We know that the total number of clementines brought by all three is 180. We can write the equation as:

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

This is the equation you can use to determine how many bags Trisha brought.