A huge donkey and a very powerful and giant horse were carrying some bales of cloth. The donkey said to the horse, "If you give me one of your bales, I shall carry as half as you." "If you
give me one of yours," replied the horse, "I will be carrying as three times as you." How many
bales was each animal carrying originally (started with)? Please use variables, set up equations
and solve them.

Step-by-step explanation:

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x carried by horse

y carried by donkey

y+1 = (1/2)(x-1) multiplied by 2

2y + 2 = x - 1 : x = 2y + 3

x+1 = 3(y-1)

2y + 3 + 1 = 3y - 3

4 + 3 = 3y - 2y

y=7 carrid by the donkey  

x=17 carried by horse

c.

step-by-step explanation:

because first you have to add the 4x, 9x, and the 7x together and you get 20x and then you add the last numbers up and you get 5and then you put the subtraction sign in there and that's how you get the answer.