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Aziz and Tuan collected 3600 bottles for recycling last year.

Aziz collected 5 times as many bottles as Tuan.
How many bottles did Tuan collect?

please write out the equation with the answer in this format.

x÷x=x​

User Nodarii
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Answer:

Hai

6x=3600

x=600

so tuan collected 600 bottles.

aziz collected 3000 bottles.

5x(aziz)+x(tuan)=3600

good luck (:

User Utdiscant
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Answer:

  • x = 3600 ÷ 6
  • 600 bottles

Explanation:

Let x represent the number of bottles Tuan collected. Then 5x is the number Aziz collected. Their total is ...

x +5x = 3600

6x = 3600 . . . . . . collect terms

x = 3600 ÷ 6

x = 600

Tuan collected 600 bottles.

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