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You want to surround the perimeter of a garden with 35 stones. You need to place a certain number of large and small stones and every large stone you want to use 4 small stones. Choose the correct equation to find the number of stones for each size

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Answer:

The answer is "x + 4x = 35; 7 large stones and 28 small stones"

Step-by-step explanation:

Please find the complete question in the attached file.

Let

[tex]x = \text{big stone number}\\\\y = \text{tiny stone number}\\\\x + y= 35[/tex]

Users want to use four small stones for each big stone:

[tex]Y = 4x[/tex]

solving the equations system:

[tex]x + y = 35\\\\y = 4x[/tex]

we find:

[tex]x = 7 \ \text{for big stones}\\\\y = 28\ \text{for tiny stones}\\\\[/tex]

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