Question

certain # of tick to give away. 5 people got tik. the 1'st got one third of tick. the 2nd got one fourth of the tick. and the 3rd got one fifth of tick. the 4th got eight tick, aand there were five tick left for the fifth person. find the total # of tickets given away ........so ????about w dwn

Answer 1

1/3t + 1/4t + 1/5t + 8 + 5 = t

Answer 2

can you solve from there?

Answer 3

iam getting there but i think i want to put all t together right by add?

Answer 4

right - it's combining like terms.

Answer 5

for example, if I give you 5oranges and 10oranges, how many oranges do you have?

Answer 6

15 yes,,, is just the way the put it together sounds difficult

Answer 7

right exactly. so now you have to add the fractions by finding the lowest common denominator of 3, 4, and 5

Answer 8

well, or any common denominator really

Answer 9

awww kk. ur good..lol... math is not my subj can u tell?

Answer 10

1. 1/3t +1/4t + 1/5t + 8 + 5 = t
2. 1/3t + 1/4t + 1/5t +13 = t
Now 3x4x5 = 60. so we want to get a 60 on the bottom of each fraction by multiplying by different variations of 1 (since anything/anything = 1)

Answer 11

so
3. 1/3t * 20/20 + 1/4t * 15/15 + 1/5t * 12/12 + 13 = t

Answer 12

4. 20/60t + 15/60t + 12/60t + 13 = t

Answer 13

5. (20+15+12)/60t + 13 = t

Answer 14

6. 47/60t + 13 = t

Answer 15

7. 47/60t - 47/60t + 13 = t - 47/60t

Answer 16

8. 13 = 13/60t

Answer 17

13/(13/60) = (13/60t)/(13/60)

Answer 18

t = 60*13/13

Answer 19

t = 60

Answer 20

so now put 60 in place of t back into the equation to check it

Answer 21

60*1/3 + 60*1/4 + 60*1/5 + 8 + 5 = 60 ?

Answer 22

20 + 15 + 12 + 13 = 60, 60=60

Answer 23

so we were right

Answer 24

yes got the same answ thank u

Answer 25

no problem. good luck!

Answer 26

process was def long
but well explain

Answer 27

heh yeah sorry - these are tough at first. the toughest part is turning the word problem into an equation, but it comes easier with practice

Answer 28

i bet iam inthe process of receiving my textbook so for noe examples and notes

Answer 29

but i appreciate ur patient and time