June ordered twice as many blankets as she did quilts for the department store where she works. The order was for 126 items. HOw many balnkets and how many quilts did june order?
2006-09-20 12:40:09 · 16 answers · asked by ♥val♥ 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Homework Help
x + 2x = 126
3x = 126
x = 42
Plug 42 into each factor of x.
x (number of quilts) = 42
2x (number of blankets) = 84
2006-09-20 12:43:11 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sorry, but you are going to get flamed for your spelling. "Wats" is closer to watts the measure of power than the contraction "What's."
In life all your problems are word problems so you have to learn how to set them up.
1. First find the known factors.
Total no. of ordered items = 126
2. Then find the variable, the answer you are looking for.
How many quilts were ordered.
3. Then find the relationship between the known values and the unknown values.
2 X blankets were ordered
Total order 126 = 2 X blankets + quilts.
Then plug in the numbers and the rest is simple.
126 = 2X +X = 3X
126/3 = X so X = 42
Now answer the questions
June ordered 2X blankets = 84
June ordered 42 blankets.
Setting up the word problem is 80% of the work, the rest is just simple mathematics.
2006-09-20 19:51:52 · answer #2 · answered by Dan S 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
x=number of quilts
2x+x=126
3x=126
x=42
*2x is the number of blankets because it is twice the amount of quilts that were ordered. (remember, x=quilts)
if there were 42 quilts, then you subtract 42 from 126 to get 84 blankets.
126-42=84
to check, you can make sure that 42 is half of 84 (which it is.) if you want to check even more, then you can use the equation with variables and plug x, which equals 42 in.
so, there were 42 quilts and 84 blankets.
2006-09-20 19:44:04 · answer #3 · answered by chococat 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
84 Blankets
42 Quilts
2006-09-20 19:43:29 · answer #4 · answered by SJohnson 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Make it into an equation:
x + 2x = 126 (x is the number of quilts, 2x the number of blankets).
Now solve for x:
x+2x = 3x
3x = 126
x = 126 / 3
x = 42
so she ordered 42 quilts and 84 blankets :)
2006-09-20 19:44:03 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
84 blankets, 42 quilts
2006-09-20 19:48:53 · answer #6 · answered by morenachula06 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
quilts =X
blankets =2X
X + 2X= 3X
3X= 126
126/3 = 42
X=42
so, jume orderd 42 quilts, and 84 blankets.
2006-09-20 19:43:43 · answer #7 · answered by NY Lady 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
84 blankets, 42 quilts
2006-09-20 19:43:14 · answer #8 · answered by James McGoldrick 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Let x equal the number of quilts... then 2x is the number of blankets
2x+x=126
3x=126
x=126/3
x=42
42 qulits and 84 blankets
2006-09-20 19:44:45 · answer #9 · answered by E.S. 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
set the equation up
2x+x=126
(x=the number of quilts)
3x=126
x=42
2006-09-20 19:41:42 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋