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Samaria has 6 more than three times as many pieces of candy as sydney. samaria has 36 pieces of candy. how many does sydney have?

User Uiron
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36- 6 = 30
30 divided by 3 = 10
sydney only has 10 pieces of candy
User Stephone
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For this case we have:

x: Number of candies that Sydney has

The equation to find the amount of Sydney sweets is given by:


3x + 6 = 36

We want to clear x:


3x = 36-63x = 30


x = (30)/(3)


x = 10

So, Sydney has 10 candies

Answer:

Sydney has 10 candies


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