A, B and C's sweets
Alison, Bhavini and Catherine share a bag of sweets. Alison gets 5 more sweets than Bhavini and Catherine gets twice as many sweets as Alison. Catherine gets 22 sweets. How many sweets are there in the bag?
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We can use algebra to solve this problem.
ReplyDeleteA = B + 5
C = 2A
C = 22
22 = 2A
A = 11
11 = B + 5
B = 6
A = 11
B = 6
C = 22