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OpenStudy (anonymous):

A balanced scale has a bag and 9 blocks on the left tray and 15 blocks on the right tray. If you remove 5 blocks from both trays to keep the scale balanced, how many blocks are in the bag? A. 24 B. 15 C. 9 D. 6

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OpenStudy (anonymous):

@mathstudent55

13 years ago

OpenStudy (anonymous):

can you help me

13 years ago

OpenStudy (mathstudent55):

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13 years ago

OpenStudy (mathstudent55):

The scale is balanced with 1 bag and 9 blocks on one side and 15 blocks on the other side.

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OpenStudy (mathstudent55):

If you take off 9 blocks from each side, the scale will still be balanced, right?

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OpenStudy (anonymous):

umm

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OpenStudy (mathstudent55):

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OpenStudy (mathstudent55):

That means the bag has 6 blocks in it.

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OpenStudy (anonymous):

oh thnx

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OpenStudy (mathstudent55):

wlcm

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