Question 1 Mr. Dominguez and Mr. Culver both have baseball trading cards. Mr. Culver has 2 more than 6 times as many trading cards as Mr. Dominguez. Together they have 55 candy bars. Create a system of equations to represent the scenario above.

Answer 1

Let's denote Mr. Dominguez's number of trading cards as D and Mr. Culver's number of trading cards as C.

According to the information given, we can set up the following equations:

1) Mr. Culver has 2 more than 6 times as many trading cards as Mr. Dominguez:
C = 6D + 2

2) Together they have 55 candy bars:
C + D = 55

So the system of equations is:
C = 6D + 2
C + D = 55