Question

grace rakes leaves every day for one week. she fills the same number of bags with leaves on each of the 5 weekdays. she fills 11 bags over the weekend. at the end of the week, grace has filled a total of 26 bags. she wants to know how many bags she filled each weekday. let b equal the number of bags filled each weekday. write an equation that represents the situation.

Explanation:

Step1: Analyze weekday bags

There are 5 weekdays, each with \( b \) bags, so total weekday bags: \( 5b \)

Step2: Add weekend bags

Weekend bags: 11, total bags: 26. So equation: \( 5b + 11 = 26 \)

Answer:

\( 5b + 11 = 26 \)