Caden and his little sister, Nina, went blackberry picking. Caden helped Nina get started until she had 42 berries. When Caden started picking his own berries, he picked 11 berries per minute while Nina continued to pick 5 berries per minute.Which equation can you use to find m, the number of minutes it took for Caden to have as many berries as Nina?Choices:(A) 5m+11=42m(B) 42+5m=11mAfter how many minutes did Caden have as many berries as Nina?Simplify any fractions.____ minutes
Q. Caden and his little sister, Nina, went blackberry picking. Caden helped Nina get started until she had 42 berries. When Caden started picking his own berries, he picked 11 berries per minute while Nina continued to pick 5 berries per minute.Which equation can you use to find m, the number of minutes it took for Caden to have as many berries as Nina?Choices:(A) 5m+11=42m(B) 42+5m=11mAfter how many minutes did Caden have as many berries as Nina?Simplify any fractions.____ minutes
Set Up Equation: Let's set up an equation to represent the number of berries each person has after m minutes. Nina starts with 42 berries and picks 5 more each minute. Caden picks 11 berries per minute. We want to find the point at which they have the same number of berries.Nina's berries: 42+5mCaden's berries: 11mThe equation to find when they have the same number of berries is:42+5m=11m
Solve for m: Now we need to solve for m. To do this, we'll subtract 5m from both sides to get all the m terms on one side.42+5m−5m=11m−5mThis simplifies to:42=6m
Isolate m: Next, we divide both sides by 6 to isolate m.642=66mThis gives us:m=7
Check Solution: We check our work to ensure there are no math errors. Nina would have 42+5(7)=42+35=77 berries after 7 minutes. Caden would have 11(7)=77 berries after 7 minutes. Since both have 77 berries after 7 minutes, our solution is correct.
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