Ezra and Zoe are playing the new video game Knights of the Dawn. At the start of level 7, Ezra had two-thirds as many gold coins as Zoe. During the level, Ezra found 32 gold coins, but Zoe only found 6. At the end of the level, both players had the same number of gold coins.Which equation can you use to find z, the number of gold coins Zoe had at the start of level 7?Choices:(A) z=32z+32+6(B) 32z+32=z+6How many gold coins did Zoe have at the start of level 7?____ gold coins
Q. Ezra and Zoe are playing the new video game Knights of the Dawn. At the start of level 7, Ezra had two-thirds as many gold coins as Zoe. During the level, Ezra found 32 gold coins, but Zoe only found 6. At the end of the level, both players had the same number of gold coins.Which equation can you use to find z, the number of gold coins Zoe had at the start of level 7?Choices:(A) z=32z+32+6(B) 32z+32=z+6How many gold coins did Zoe have at the start of level 7?____ gold coins
Rephrase Question: Let's first rephrase the "How many gold coins did Zoe have at the start of level 7 in the video game Knights of the Dawn?"
Set Up Equation: We need to set up an equation to represent the situation. Let's let z represent the number of gold coins Zoe had at the start of level 7. Since Ezra had two-thirds as many gold coins as Zoe at the start, we can represent Ezra's starting amount as (32)z.
Find Starting Amounts: During level 7, Ezra found 32 gold coins, and Zoe found 6 gold coins. At the end of the level, they had the same number of gold coins. We can express this with the equation: (32)z+32=z+6.
Solve Equation: Now we need to solve the equation for z. First, we'll subtract 32z from both sides to get all the z terms on one side and the constants on the other side.z−(32)z=32−6
Combine Terms: Simplify the equation by combining like terms and solving for z.(1−32)z=26(31)z=26
Final Answer: To find the value of z, we multiply both sides of the equation by 3.z=26×3z=78
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