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Tim is placing bricks in a bucket. The

bucket weighs 3 pounds and each brick
weighs 2 pounds. How many bricks, b, has
Tim placed in the bucket when the total
weight is 15 pounds?

User Ryan Grove
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Answer:

6

Explanation:

15-3=12

12/2=6

you have to take away 3 for the bucket then you are left with 12 being from the bricks so you divide by 2 ending with 6 bricks being in the bucket

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