Question

A school paid $1656 for 43 balls. The dodge balls cost $9 each, and the basketballs cost $56 each. how many of each type of ball was bought

Answer 1

Hi! Let's call B the number of basketballs and D the number of dodgeballs. Can you write an equation that expresses the fact that the total number of balls is 43?

Answer 2

sorry, encephalopathy hinders my memory

Answer 3

I'm sorry to hear that.

Answer 4

So, if you have B basketballs, and D dodgeballs, how could you write an equation that says there's a total of 43 balls?

Answer 5

b + d = 43
56b + 9d = 1656