Samaria has 6 more than three times as many pieces of candy as sydney. samaria has 36 pieces of candy. how many does sydney have?

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xkatieex xkatieex · Answer 1 · 2016-10-24T17:22:51+02:00

36- 6 = 30
30 divided by 3 = 10
sydney only has 10 pieces of candy

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carlosego carlosego · Answer 2 · 2018-10-16T22:35:05+02:00

For this case we have:

x: Number of candies that Sydney has

The equation to find the amount of Sydney sweets is given by:

[tex]3x + 6 = 36[/tex]

We want to clear x:

[tex]3x = 36-63x = 30[/tex]

[tex]x = \frac{30}{3}[/tex]

[tex]x = 10[/tex]

So, Sydney has 10 candies

Answer:

Sydney has 10 candies

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