You go out to pick blueberries and black berries. You know that to make a black and blue pie, you need to have 5 blueberries for every 2 blackberries you pick. If an entire pie has 140 berries, how many blueberries does it contain and how many blackberries does it contain?

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15-01-2017
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You go out to pick blueberries and black berries. You know that to make a black and blue pie, you need to have 5 blueberries for every 2 blackberries you pick. If an entire pie has 140 berries, how many blueberries does it contain and how many blackberries does it contain?

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leny1401 leny1401 · Answer 1 · 2017-01-15T03:14:42+01:00

5 blueberries for every 2 blackberries
black=x blue=y

140= 2x + 5y
-5y -5y

-5y + 140= 2x (divide everything by 2 to get x by itself

-2.5y +70= x (plug in to find Y)

140= -2.5 + 70 + 5y
-70 -70

70= 2.5y (divide by 2.5)

28=Y

plug in to find x......again XD

140= 2x + 28
-28 -28

112= 2x (divide by 2)

56=x

28 blueberries and 56 blackberries

i accidentally made it longer than i intended to, i am pretty sure there is a better way to do this, but i hope i helped you somehow