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Together jack and Jill have 60 beans Jill eats 4x the amount of beans how much does jack eat

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Jack ate 15 beans

Step-by-step explanation: All you had to do is divide 60 by 4 to find out how much beans jack ate.

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4x+x=60 (combine like terms) || 5x=60 (divide each side by 5 to get x by itself) || x=12 || Jill eats 48 and Jack eats 12
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