Answer:
To answer the first question:
The snail seller had 2 baskets of snails, with basket P containing 187 snails. She sold 92 snails from basket P and 69 snails from basket Q. The number of snails left in both baskets was found to be the same. We need to determine how many snails were in basket Q.
Let's calculate the number of snails left in basket P after selling 92 snails. We subtract 92 from 187:
187 - 92 = 95
Since the number of snails left in both baskets is the same, we can set up an equation:
95 (number of snails left in basket P) = x (number of snails left in basket Q) - 69
Simplifying the equation:
95 = x - 69
To find the value of x, we add 69 to both sides of the equation:
95 + 69 = x
164 = x
Therefore, there were 164 snails in basket Q.
b) i. For the equation a = (3x + 3) and b = (-3), we are asked to find the values of x and y when a is equal to b multiplied by 2y + 3.
Given that a = b(2y + 3), we substitute the values of a and b:
3x + 3 = (-3)(2y + 3)
Expanding and simplifying the equation:
3x + 3 = -6y - 9
To find the value of x, we can isolate it by subtracting 3 from both sides of the equation:
3x = -6y - 12
Dividing both sides of the equation by 3:
x = -2y - 4
We have determined the value of x in terms of y.
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