Question

Mindy and Troy combined ate 9 pieces of cake. Mindy ate 3 pieces of cake and Troy at 1/4 of the whole cake. Find C, the total pieces of cake. Also include the equation

Answer 1

The total pieces of cake are 24

Explanation:

Linear equations

It's a relation between one or more variables and or numbers, connected with the equal sign. An example is 4x-5=7, or 2(x+y)=7-(x-y)

This problem can be easily solved without the use of equations, but we are required to.

We know Mindy and Troy combined ate 9 pieces of cake, we also know that Mindy ate 3 pieces of cake. It leaves 6 pieces to Troy. Since Troy ate 1/4 of the whole cake, then

`\displaystyle (1)/(4)X=6`

Where X is the number of pieces of cake

Solving for X

`X=(4)(6)=24\ pieces`