On a sunny fall day, Sandra and her family go to an orchard to pick apples for their famous apple pies. First, they pick enough Golden Delicious apples to fill a bag. Then, they pick enough Honeycrisp apples to fill another bag. The bag of Honeycrisp apples weighs 20 pounds. In all, Sandra's family picks 44 pounds of apples.

Question

Which equation can you use to find the weight w of the Golden Delicious apples?
Solve this equation for w to find the weight of the Golden Delicious apples.
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Answer 1

To find the weight \( w \) of the Golden Delicious apples, we can set up an equation based on the information given.

We know:

• The weight of the Honeycrisp apples is 20 pounds.
• The total weight of the apples picked by Sandra's family is 44 pounds.

Thus, we can express this relationship with the following equation:

\[ w + 20 = 44 \]

Here, \( w \) represents the weight of the Golden Delicious apples.

Now, we will solve for \( w \):

1. Subtract 20 from both sides of the equation:

\[ w = 44 - 20 \]

2. Calculate the right side:

\[ w = 24 \]

Therefore, the weight of the Golden Delicious apples is \( 24 \) pounds.