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Caden and his little sister, Nina, went blackberry picking. Caden helped Nina get started until she had 4242 berries. When Caden started picking his own berries, he picked 1111 berries per minute while Nina continued to pick 55 berries per minute.\newlineWhich equation can you use to find mm, the number of minutes it took for Caden to have as many berries as Nina?\newlineChoices:\newline(A) 5m+11=42m5m + 11 = 42m\newline(B) 42+5m=11m42 + 5m = 11m\newlineAfter how many minutes did Caden have as many berries as Nina?\newlineSimplify any fractions.\newline____ minutes\newline

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Q. Caden and his little sister, Nina, went blackberry picking. Caden helped Nina get started until she had 4242 berries. When Caden started picking his own berries, he picked 1111 berries per minute while Nina continued to pick 55 berries per minute.\newlineWhich equation can you use to find mm, the number of minutes it took for Caden to have as many berries as Nina?\newlineChoices:\newline(A) 5m+11=42m5m + 11 = 42m\newline(B) 42+5m=11m42 + 5m = 11m\newlineAfter how many minutes did Caden have as many berries as Nina?\newlineSimplify any fractions.\newline____ minutes\newline
  1. Set Up Equation: Let's set up an equation to represent the number of berries each person has after mm minutes. Nina starts with 4242 berries and picks 55 more each minute. Caden picks 1111 berries per minute. We want to find the point at which they have the same number of berries.\newlineNina's berries: 42+5m42 + 5m\newlineCaden's berries: 11m11m\newlineThe equation to find when they have the same number of berries is:\newline42+5m=11m42 + 5m = 11m
  2. Solve for mm: Now we need to solve for mm. To do this, we'll subtract 5m5m from both sides to get all the mm terms on one side.\newline42+5m5m=11m5m42 + 5m - 5m = 11m - 5m\newlineThis simplifies to:\newline42=6m42 = 6m
  3. Isolate mm: Next, we divide both sides by 66 to isolate mm.426=6m6\frac{42}{6} = \frac{6m}{6}This gives us:m=7m = 7
  4. Check Solution: We check our work to ensure there are no math errors. Nina would have 42+5(7)=42+35=7742 + 5(7) = 42 + 35 = 77 berries after 77 minutes. Caden would have 11(7)=7711(7) = 77 berries after 77 minutes. Since both have 7777 berries after 77 minutes, our solution is correct.

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