Question

a) grace rakes leaves every day for one week. she fills the same number of bags with leaves of the 5 weekdays. she fills 11 bags over the weekend. at the end of the week, grace total of 26 bags. she wants to know how many bags she filled each weekday.

b) let b equal the number of bags filled each weekday. write an equation that represents the situation.
5b + 11 = 26

c) how many bags of leaves did grace fill each weekday?
bags of leaves

Explanation:

Step1: Start with the equation

We have the equation \(5b + 11 = 26\). First, subtract 11 from both sides.
\(5b+11 - 11=26 - 11\)
\(5b = 15\)

Step2: Solve for b

Divide both sides by 5.
\(\frac{5b}{5}=\frac{15}{5}\)
\(b = 3\)

Answer:

3