Question

A bike shop has 35 bicycles and tricycles with a total of 81 wheels. How many bicycles and how many tricycles are in the shop?

Answer 1

There are 24 bicycles and 11 tricycles in the shop

Explanation:

We can make a system of equations to find the answer:

x for bicycles and y for tricycles:

x + y = 35

2x + 3y = 81

2x because bicycles have 2 wheels, 3y because tricycles have 3 wheels, and have set the total to 81 because 81 wheels in total.

Solving, we will find that there are 24 bicycles and 11 tricycles in the shop.