Asked by Alexis

Theresia picked the same number of tomatoes each day. In 4 days she picked 52 tomatoes. How many tomatoes did Theresia pick each day?


Let n represent the number of tomatoes Theresia picked each day.



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Which property of equality can you use to solve Theresia’s equation? Explain.

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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
Let n be the number picked each day. The equation is
4n = 52.

Divide both sides by 4 to isolate n:
n = 52 ÷ 4 = 13.

Property used: the Division Property of Equality (or equivalently, multiplying both sides by the multiplicative inverse 1/4). It says you may divide both sides of an equation by the same nonzero number and the equality still holds. Check: 4 · 13 = 52.