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The variable x represents the number of red bricks Layla bought and the variable y represents the number of grey bricks she bought.

Layla bought 301 red and grey bricks for a landscape project. She bought 6 times as many grey bricks as red bricks.

How many of each type of brick did she buy?

Which system of equations models the problem?

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Responses

a {x+y=301y=6x
a A system of equations. Row one x plus y equals 301. Row 2 y = 6 x.

b {x−y=301y=6x
b A system of equations. Row one x minus y equals 301. Row 2 y = 6 x.

c {x+y=6y=301x
c A system of equations. Row one x plus y equals 6. Row 2 y = 301 x.

d {x+6y=301y=6x

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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
Correct system: x + y = 301 and y = 6x (choice a).

Solve: substitute y = 6x into x + y = 301:
x + 6x = 301 → 7x = 301 → x = 43.
Then y = 6·43 = 258.

Layla bought 43 red bricks and 258 grey bricks.