wile catching fireflies, you and your friend decide to have a competition. after m minutes, you have (3m +13) fireflies and your friend has (4m+6) fireflies.

Question

a. how many fireflies are caught per minute?
b. ow many fireflies caught before the competition?

for a. we tried (3m+13 +4m + 6)/m
that is (7m+19)/m that was rejected as wrong answer ... I have no clue then..

Answer 1

(3+4)m = 7m
when m=0, there were 13+6=19

The 7m/m part was correct. The 19 was how many flies there were at the start of the competition. After that, there were 7 caught each minute.

Answer 2

10.) While catching fireflies, you and a friend decide to have a competition. After m minutes, you
have (4m + 11) fireflies and your friend has (5m + 6) fireflies.,
a.) Write an expression in simplest form that represents the number of fireflies you and your
friend caught together.

Answer 3

you didnt answer B... mind telling me???