Bags of clementines have 12 each. For a party, Sal, Trisha, and Joe each brought bags of clementines. Altogether, there were 180 clementines. Sal brought 4 bags and Joe brought 6. Write the equation to determine how many bags Trisha brought, t.
4 + 6 + t = 12
t = 12 - 10
t = 2
To find the equation to determine how many bags Trisha brought, we need to figure out the total number of clementines brought by Sal and Joe.
Sal brought 4 bags, and each bag contains 12 clementines, so the total number of clementines Sal brought is 4 * 12 = 48 clementines.
Joe brought 6 bags, and each bag contains 12 clementines, so the total number of clementines Joe brought is 6 * 12 = 72 clementines.
Now we can calculate the number of clementines Trisha brought by subtracting the total number of clementines brought by Sal and Joe from the total number of clementines for the party:
Total clementines - (Clementines brought by Sal + Clementines brought by Joe) = Clementines brought by Trisha
180 - (48 + 72) = Clementines brought by Trisha
180 - 120 = Clementines brought by Trisha
60 = Clementines brought by Trisha
So, the equation to determine how many bags Trisha brought, t, would be:
t * 12 = 60
Naahhhh, wrong again
each bag has 12 clems, so...
4(12) + 6(12) + 12t = 180
12t = 60
t = 5
Trisha brought 5 bags
check: 48 + 72 + 60 = 180
To determine how many bags Trisha brought, we can set up an equation by adding up the number of clementines brought by each person and equating it to the total number of clementines.
Sal brought 4 bags, each containing 12 clementines. So, Sal brought a total of 4 * 12 = 48 clementines.
Joe brought 6 bags, each containing 12 clementines. So, Joe brought a total of 6 * 12 = 72 clementines.
Let t represent the number of bags Trisha brought. Each bag contains 12 clementines. So, Trisha brought a total of t * 12 = 12t clementines.
Adding up the number of clementines brought by Sal, Trisha, and Joe, we have:
48 + 12t + 72 = 180
Thus, the equation to determine how many bags Trisha brought is 12t + 120 = 180.