Bags of clementines have 12 each. For a party, Sal, Trisha, and Joe each brought bags of clementines. Altogether, there were 180 clementines. Sal brout 4 bags and joe bought 6 wright an equation to see how many Trisha bought

Answer 1

Let's define the variables in the problem:

• Let \( T \) be the number of bags Trisha bought.
• Each bag contains 12 clementines.

According to the problem:

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

We can write an equation based on the total number of clementines:

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

Now, we can simplify the left side:

\[ 120 + 12T = 180 \]

Now, subtract 120 from both sides to isolate the term with \( T \):

\[ 12T = 180 - 120 \] \[ 12T = 60 \]

Now, divide both sides by 12 to solve for \( T \):

\[ T = \frac{60}{12} = 5 \]

So, Trisha bought 5 bags of clementines.