Mr. Moretti is making welcome bags to give to the 18 students in his homeroom on the first day of school. He puts m mechanical pencils in each bag. He puts twice as many regular pencils in each bag. What is the total number of pencils that Mr. Moretti gives to his students if he puts 3 mechanical pencils in each bag?

3

step-by-step explanation:

in standard form:

a= dictionaries

b= maps

you have to buy 3 dictionaries, so put a 3 next to the a (dictionaries) so that you can multiply them by each other.

a3+b= 60 (the amount of money you have)

we already know the cost of a=15 so replace a with $15

($15 x 3)+b=60

multiply 15 and 3 to get $45 and replace it with $45

45+b=60

and then replace b with 15 to get the total:

45+15=60

that means you have $15 left after buying 3 dictionaries.

15 divided by the cost of a map ($5) equals 3.

so you can buy 3 maps.

sorry if it was confusing!

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