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A bike shop sells rolling strollers for runners with babies, with a total of 28 in the store. Some of the strollers have 3 wheels and some have 4. If there are 100 wheels, how many 3-wheel strollers are there?

User Zephni
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10 votes

Answer:

B

Explanation:

12

User Annakay
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Answer:

12

Explanation:

let x = number of 3 wheel stollers

let y = number of 4 wheel strollers

x + y = 28

y = 28 - x

3x + 4y = 100

3x + 4(28 - x) = 100

3x + 112 - 4x = 100

-x = -12

x = 12

And there you go, your answer is 12.

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