Question

Solve each problem below by writing an equation that matches the situation. Then solbe your equation to find the solution to the problem. (It's been almost a day and these two questions baffled me.) isnumber 7

Answer 1

ANSWER:

3.5 slices

STEP-BY-STEP EXPLANATION:

Let x be the number of slices the runner up ate.

Davonne ate four more than twice the amount of the runner up, for a total of 11 slices.

So the equation that we can plan is the following :.

$4+2x=11$

We solve for x:

$\begin{gathered} 2x=11-4 \\ x=\frac{7}{2} \\ x=3.5 \end{gathered}$

So the runner up ate 3 and a half slices