I'm going to assume that you meant 450kg for the combined weight, 190kg more and 3 Llamas. I'm pretty sure Llamas and Okapis don't weigh 450450450kg (that's 993,073,252 pounds). :)
x= Okapi weight
y= Llama weight
EQUATIONS:
There are 2 equations to be written:
1) 450kg is equal to the weight of one Okapi and one Llama
450kg= x + y
2) The weight of 3 llamas is equal to the weight of one Okapi plus 190kg.
3y=190kg + x
STEP 1:
Solve for one variable in one equation and substitute the answer in the other equation.
450kg= x + y
Subtract y from both sides
450-y =x
STEP 2:
Substitute (450-y) in second equation in place of x to solve for y.
3y=190kg + x
3y=190 + (450-y)
3y=640 -y
add y to both sides
4y=640
divide both sides by 4
y=160kg Llama weight
STEP 3:
Substitute 160kg in either equation to solve for x.
3y=190kg + x
3(160)=190 + x
480=190 + x
Subtract both sides by 190
290= x
x= 290kg Okapi weight
CHECK:
3y=190kg + x
3(160)=190 + 290
480=480
Hope this helps! :)
Start with the solution
x=-25
use the reverse of what they asked
they wanted division and addition
we use multiplication and subtract
ok
x=-25
we can use subtraction and multiplication in any order
minus 10 from both sides
x-10=-35
multiply both sides by 4
4(x-10)=-140
4x-40=-140 is a possible equation
That'd be one third of 1500 muffins, or 500 muffins.
