Any123 Posted June 19, 2020 Report Share Posted June 19, 2020 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1 EventHorizon Posted June 19, 2020 Report Share Posted June 19, 2020 Spoiler (a) Brown is half of pink (eq 1) (b) Pink - 4 is half of Sundae (eq 2) (c) Sundae = Pink + Brown (eq 3) 2 * (Pink - 4) = Pink + (Pink/2) => 2 Pink - 8 = Pink + Pink/2 => Pink - 8 = Pink/2 => Pink = 16 (from a,b,c) After finding the value for pink, it's pretty easy... Brown = 8 (from eq 1) Purple = 2 (from eq 1, 4*Purple = Pink/2) (16-4) /2 = 2 * Cone => 6 = 2 * Cone => Cone = 3 (eq 2) Sundae = 16 + 8 = 24 (eq 3) Didn't need eq 4, but you can verify using it... Brown + Cone = 11 => 8 + 3 = 11. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 rocdocmac Posted June 20, 2020 Report Share Posted June 20, 2020 For interest's sake, if no true fractions were involved at all, there is an alternative solution ... Spoiler cone = 0; sundae = 42; pink = 31; brown = 11; purple = 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Question
Any123
Link to comment
Share on other sites
2 answers to this question
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.