The Oakland School's harvest festival is coming up, and Ms. Garza is in charge of ordering the caramel apples again. She knows she ordered 9 cases of caramel apples last year but can't remember how many apples come in a case. She checks last year's records and finds that the school sold 685 caramel apples and had 35 left over.Which equation can Ms. Garza use to find how many caramel apples, c, come in each case?Choices:(A) 685c−9=35(B) 685(c−9)=35(C) 9(c−685)=35(D) 9c−685=35How many caramel apples come in each case?____ caramel apples
Q. The Oakland School's harvest festival is coming up, and Ms. Garza is in charge of ordering the caramel apples again. She knows she ordered 9 cases of caramel apples last year but can't remember how many apples come in a case. She checks last year's records and finds that the school sold 685 caramel apples and had 35 left over.Which equation can Ms. Garza use to find how many caramel apples, c, come in each case?Choices:(A) 685c−9=35(B) 685(c−9)=35(C) 9(c−685)=35(D) 9c−685=35How many caramel apples come in each case?____ caramel apples
Understand the problem: Understand the problem.Ms. Garza needs to find out how many caramel apples come in each case. She knows the total number of apples sold and left over from last year.
Set up the equation: Set up the equation.The total number of caramel apples is the sum of the apples sold and the apples left over. This total number is also equal to the number of cases times the number of apples per case.Total apples =Apples sold+Apples left overTotal apples =9 cases×c apples per case
Write the equation: Write the equation using the given numbers.685 apples sold +35 apples left over =9 cases ∗c apples per case720=9c
Identify the correct equation: Identify the correct equation from the choices.The correct equation that represents the situation is 9c−685=35, which simplifies to 9c=720 when you add 685 to both sides.The correct choice is (D) 9c−685=35.
Solve for c: Solve the equation for c.9c=720Divide both sides by 9 to find c.c=9720c=80
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