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Think you do not have enough room to farm? Think again. You could farm worms under your desk with a

commercially available worm farm that measures 16" X 16" 28". You can buy the worms online. At 1200

worms per pound, you could start your own business just as John did. He's not good at keeping his records,

however, and he needs your help. John buys his worms from two online stores, Worm Heaven and Wiggles R Us.

John remembers that he ordered 1200 more than twice as many worms from Worm Heaven as he did from

Wiggles R Us. He also knows he has 18,000 worms. How many worms did he order from each store?

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Answer:

Worm Heaven 12,400

Wiggles R Us 5,600

Explanation:

Let r = the number of worms from Wiggles R us

Let h = the number of worms from Worm Heaven

2r + 1200 = h

h + r = 18000 Rewrite solving for h: h = 18000 - r

2r + 1200 = 18000 - r Substitute 18000 - r for h and solve for r

2r + 1200 = 18000 - r Add r to both sides

2r + t + 1200 = 18000 -r + r Simplify

3r + 1200 = 18000 Subtract 1200 from both sides

3r + 1200 - 1200 = 18000 - 1200

3r = 16800 Divide both sides by 3


(3r)/(3) =
(16800)/(3)

r =5600 This is the number of worms from Wiggles R Us

To find the number of worms from Worm Heaven substitute 5600 for r

h = 18000 -r

h = 18000 - 5600

h = 12.400 This is the number of worms from Worm Heaven.

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