Question

Five sand pails aligned side by side contain a total of 100 seashells. Each bucket contains two seashells fewer than the bucket to its left. How many seashells are in each bucket?
a. 24, 22, 20, 18, 16 c. 20, 18, 16, 14, 12
b. 30, 28, 26, 24, 22 d. 26, 24, 22, 20, 18

Answer 1

the answer is A. because the amount of shells in the buckets total 100, and in the other answers, the sum of the shells in each bucket were either less then or more then 100.

Answer 2

o my goodness thank you

Answer 3

you're welcome :)