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,

Question

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Answer 1

First, we need to find out how many clementines Sal and Joe brought and then determine how many bags Trisha brought.

1. Calculate the number of clementines brought by Sal and Joe:

   • Each bag contains 12 clementines.
   • Sal brought 4 bags, so he delivered:
     \( 4 \text{ bags} \times 12 \text{ clementines/bag} = 48 \text{ clementines} \).
   • Joe brought 6 bags, therefore he provided:
     \( 6 \text{ bags} \times 12 \text{ clementines/bag} = 72 \text{ clementines} \).

2. Calculate the total number of clementines brought by Sal and Joe:

   • Total from Sal and Joe:
     \( 48 + 72 = 120 \text{ clementines} \).

3. Determine how many clementines Trisha brought:

   • The total number of clementines is 180, so the number of clementines that Trisha brought is:
     \( 180 - 120 = 60 \text{ clementines} \).

4. Set up the equation for the number of bags Trisha brought:

   • Let \( t \) be the number of bags Trisha brought. Then: \( 12t = 60 \).

Finally, putting it all together, we write the equation as:
\( t + 10 = 15 \) or equivalently \( 12t = 60 \).

Thus, the equation is:
\( t = 5 \), which means Trisha brought 5 bags of clementines.

Answer 2

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Answer 3

To express the situation with an equation, we can define the variable \( t \) as the number of bags Trisha brought.

Given:

• Sal brought 4 bags, which equals \( 4 \times 12 = 48 \) clementines.
• Joe brought 6 bags, which equals \( 6 \times 12 = 72 \) clementines.
• The total number of clementines is 180.

The equation to determine how many bags Trisha brought can be set up as follows:

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

Where:

• \( 48 \) is the number of clementines from Sal,
• \( 72 \) is the number of clementines from Joe,
• \( 12t \) is the number of clementines from Trisha.

Now, simplifying the equation gives:

\[ 120 + 12t = 180 \]

So, the equation to determine how many bags Trisha brought is:

\[ 12t = 180 - 120 \]

Or simply:

\[ 12t = 60 \]