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AysviL
1 month ago
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Suppose, instead, that Bruce used 6 full boxes of tiles plus an additional 2 tiles, and Felicia used 5 full boxes of tiles plus

an additional 17 tiles.
If they each used the same number of tiles, how many tiles were in each box?
Mathematics
2 answers:
zzz [12.3K]1 month ago
6 0
Each box contained 15 tiles Step-by-step explanation: Let the number of tiles per full box be x. If we consider that Bruce utilized 6 full boxes of tiles along with 2 extra tiles, the total becomes (6x + 2) tiles. Similarly, if Felicia used 5 full boxes plus an additional 17 tiles, she would have (5x + 17) tiles. Since both used an equal number of tiles, we can equate the two: 6x + 2 = 5x + 17, simplifying to x = 15.
Inessa [12.5K]1 month ago
5 0
Each box contained 15 tiles Step-by-step explanation:
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