Roberto wants to display his 18 sports cards in an album . some pages hold 2 cards and others hold 3 cards .
how many different ways can roberto display his figures

Step-by-step explanation:

Assuming Roberto wants to completely fill each page that he puts cards in, this function describes the number of 2-card pages, a, and 3-card pages, b.

2a + 3b =18

Ricardo can fill up 9 2-card pages, and 6 3-card pages.

a=9, b=0

We must add 2 3-card pages at a time,so that we have an even number for the 2-card pages:

a=6, b=2

Add 2 to b once more:

a=3, b=4

One more time:

a=0, b=6:

Thus, Ricardo can display his figures in the following page combinations:

a=9, b=0

a=6, b=2

a=3, b=4

a=0, b=6

Remember that a= number of 2-card pages and b=number of 3-card pages

There are 4 different ways that Ricardo can arrange his figures in terms of what kind of pages he uses. 

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