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Pop's Cycle shop sells bicycles and tricycles. The number of bicycles is 1 less that 4 times the number of tricycles. All the bicycles and tricycles together have a total of 174 wheels. How many bicycles are there
 Mar 20, 2014

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Pop's Cycle shop sells bicycles and tricycles. The number of bicycles is 1 less that 4 times the number of tricycles. All the bicycles and tricycles together have a total of 174 wheels. How many bicycles are there



not sure what exponents have to do with this

b = 4t - 1

2b + 3t = 174

substitute eq 1 into eq 2

2(4t-1) + 3t = 174

8t - 2 + 3t = 174

11t = 176

t = 16
so
b = 4(16)-1 = 63
 Mar 20, 2014

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