Margo sold 3 times as many pears as apples in a week. She sold 3,456 apples and pears. How many pears did she sell? Use a letter to represent the unknown before solving.

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Margo sold 3 times as many pears as apples in a week. She sold 3,456 apples and pears. How many pears did she sell? Use a letter to represent the unknown before solving.

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x equals number of apples.

the equation is 3456=3x + x.

She sold 2592 pears.

Max Heiber answered Apr 11, 2019

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She sold 2592 pears. If 2592/3=864 then when the total of pears and apples are added it should equal 3,456

2592+864=3456

Ayush Pallav answered Apr 14, 2019

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