The cafeteria has 4 cases of tuna and 9 single cans of tuna. In all,there are 65 can of tuna. How many cans of tuna are in a case?

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2 answers

4 x + 9 = 65 subtract 9 from both sides

4 x = 56 divide both sides by 4

x = 14
4 x + 9 = 65 subtract 9 from both of the sides

4 x = 56 divide both of the sides by 4

x = 14 cans of tuna