Question

In HER COLLEGE ENGLISH CLASS MARTA WROTE A TOTAL OF. 15,000 WORDS IN ESSAYS THREE OF MARTA’S ESSAYS WERE 1,000 WORDS LONG AND THE REST ARE 2,000 WORDS LONG HOW MANY 2,000 WORD ESSAYS DID SHE WRITE

Answer 1

Answer: 6 essays

Explanation:

With the given question, we can write out an equation.

Equation: 3(1000)+2000x=15000

We have 3(1000) because 3 of Marta's essays have 1000 words. We have 2000x because there are 2000 words, but we don't know how many essays. Lastly, we have 15000 because that is the total number of words. All we have to do is solve for x.

3(1000)+2000x=15000 [multiply]

3000+2000x=15000 [subtract both sides by 3000]

2000x=12000 [divide both sides by 2000]

x=6

Now, we know there are 6 essays.