when jill sells 2 more buckets she will have sold 3 times asmany buckets as jack. jill has sold 19 buckets. how many buckets has jack sold.
write as an equation
Jil+2=3*Jack but Jill is 19
so now you can figure Jack. If in doubt, I will check your work.
To write the equation, let's assign variables to represent the number of buckets sold by Jill and Jack.
Let's say:
Jill = J
Jack = K
Given that Jill has sold 19 buckets, we can write the equation as:
J = 19
We are also given that when Jill sells 2 more buckets, she will have sold 3 times as many buckets as Jack. This can be expressed as:
J + 2 = 3K
Now we can solve for the number of buckets Jack has sold (K) by substituting the value of Jill's buckets sold (J) into the second equation:
19 + 2 = 3K
21 = 3K
Now, divide both sides by 3 to solve for K:
21 / 3 = 3K / 3
7 = K
Therefore, Jack has sold 7 buckets.