Carlos wants to put 720 of his blocks in his toy box. A small set has 10 blocks and a large set has 100 blocks. How can you write three ways Carlos can put small and large sets of blocks in his toy box?

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Carlos can put the blocks in this three ways:

(i) 32 large blocks and 4 small blocks.

(ii) 22 large blocks and 5 small blocks.

(iii) 12 large blocks and 6 small blocks.

The total quantity of blocks equals the number of blocks stored in the sets of blocks. Based on the information given, we derive the following algebraic expression:

[tex]10\cdot m + 100\cdot n = 720[/tex], [tex]\forall\,m,n\in \mathbb{N_{O}}[/tex] (1)

Where:

  • [tex]m[/tex] - Quantity of small blocks.
  • [tex]n[/tex] - Quantity of large blocks.

Now we can clear [tex]n[/tex] in terms of [tex]m[/tex]:

[tex]100\cdot n = 720 -10\cdot m[/tex]

[tex]n = 7.2-0.1\cdot m[/tex] (2)

From (2) we get the following combination of sets:

1) [tex]m = 12, n= 6[/tex]

2) [tex]m = 22, n = 5[/tex]

3) [tex]m = 32, n = 4[/tex]

Carlos can put the blocks in this three ways:

(i) 32 large blocks and 4 small blocks.

(ii) 22 large blocks and 5 small blocks.

(iii) 12 large blocks and 6 small blocks.

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