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Kelly and Rachel collected 193 pounds of newspapers between them. Kelly collected 35 pounds more than Racheal. How many pounds of the newspaper did each girl collect?
A.Kelly: 79 pounds; Rachel: 114 pounds
B.Kelly: 114 pounds; Rachel: 149 pounds
C.Kelly: 114 pounds; Rachel: 79 pounds
D.Kelly: 149 pounds; Rachel: 114 pounds***
its c
The actual answer is C
In this situation it would be impossible for Kelly or Rachel to both carry weight more than 100 pounds if they actually carried a total of 193 pounds, so cross out B and D for sure. Now if Kelly carried 35 pounds more than Rachel, then it's likely that Kelly carried 114 pounds and Rachel carried 79 pounds, where 114 - 35 = 79. And so the amount they both carry of 79 and 114 pounds sums up to 193 pounds.
149 + 114 = 263 ... TOO MUCH
79 So I am dumb
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To solve this problem, we need to set up an equation. Let's assume Rachel collected x pounds of newspapers. Since Kelly collected 35 pounds more than Rachel, Kelly would have collected x + 35 pounds of newspapers.
According to the problem, the total weight of newspapers collected between Kelly and Rachel is 193 pounds. So, we can write the equation as:
x + (x + 35) = 193
Next, we need to solve this equation to find the value of x.
Combining like terms, we have:
2x + 35 = 193
Subtracting 35 from both sides, we get:
2x = 158
Dividing both sides by 2, we find:
x = 79
So, Rachel collected 79 pounds of newspapers.
To find out how much Kelly collected, we can substitute the value of x back into the expression x + 35:
79 + 35 = 114
Therefore, Kelly collected 114 pounds of newspapers.
So, the correct answer is:
D. Kelly: 149 pounds; Rachel: 114 pounds
Rachel ---- x pounds
Kelly ------ x+35 pounds
x + x+35 = 193
solve for x
Looks like your answer is not correct,
You should have knows that answer makes no sense since they would have collected 263 pounds.