1.Julia saw 5 times as many cars as trucks in a parking lot.If she saw 30 cars and trucks altogether in the parking lot,how many were trucks.show your work.
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2012-08-30T09:58:42-0400
Denote by x and y respectively the number of cars and trucks Julia saw. The condition implies x = 5y and x + y = 30, hence 6y = 30, so y = 5 and finally x = 25. Answer. 25.
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05.09.14, 04:08
Fill in the missing rule and the missing numbers __,__,30,__,__,57
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25.10.13, 14:26
That's right :) Thanks for correcting us.
Jaxnkiwi
09.10.13, 00:47
This says there are 5 times as many cars and wants to know how many
trucks. So wouldn't the answer be 5 trucks?
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Dear Wendy. Your comment is not related to this question. If you have a new question, then post it as a new one. As for the given comment, there is no sufficient data to answer it.
Fill in the missing rule and the missing numbers __,__,30,__,__,57
That's right :) Thanks for correcting us.
This says there are 5 times as many cars and wants to know how many trucks. So wouldn't the answer be 5 trucks?
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