The number of paper clips that crystal has is 42 divided by the number of paper clips that gayle has. if
gayle has 11 more paper clips than crystal does, how many paper clips does each have?

The number of paper clips that Crystal has is 3 and the number of paper clips that Gayle has is 14

Step-by-step explanation:

Let

x----> the number of paper clips that Crystal has

y --->   the number of paper clips that Gayle has

we know that

----> equation A

----> equation B

substitute equation A in equation B

Solve the quadratic equation by graphing

The solution is

see the attached figure

Find the value of y

therefore

The number of paper clips that Crystal has is 3

The number of paper clips that Gayle has is 14

21

jk it's 20

step-by-step explanation:

option (b) is correct

step-by-step explanation:

to find the solution of this system, we need to convert it into reduced row-echelon form. we have,

after applying row operations r2 -> r2/2 and r3 -> r3/3, we get,