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A second grade class had a spelling bee with 5-letter and 6-letter words. They used 37 words that had a total of 201 letters. Which system of linear equations represents the problem

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A second grade class had a spelling bee with 5-letter and 6-letter words. They used 37 words that had a total of 201 letters. Which system of linear equations represents the problem

anonymous · Answer

Remember that for this type of problem, you can se tup an equation using the number of words. You can also set up an equation for the number of letters.
x + y = ?
5x + 6y = ?

anonymous · Answer

I cant figure out where the numbers go in the equation.

anonymous · Answer

Okay. Th first equation that I have is the number of words. How many words were used total?

anonymous · Answer

37

anonymous · Answer

Ok.
x + y = 37
How many letters were used?

anonymous · Answer

201

anonymous · Answer

Ok.
x + y = 37
5x + 6y = 201
x represents the number of 5 lettered words and y represents the number of 6 lettered words.