A school paid $248 for new basketballs and soccer balls. The number of basketballs purchased was 6 less than 3 times the number of soccer balls purchased. Basketballs cost $28 each and soccer balls cost $20 each. How many total balls did the school purchase?

4 Soccer balls and 6 Basketballs

Step-by-step explanation:

You can solve this problem by setting up a system of equations. Letting x be Soccer balls and y be Basketballs. Remember, Money goes with, Money goes with Money, meaning that for this problem the first equation that can be made is $248 = $28y + $20x with Y being basketballs and x being soccerballs. Next is a little more difficult. You will be creating the equation y=3x-6 because it is 6 less than 3 times the amount of x or Soccer balls. From here you can plug in the equations into a graphing calculator and graph it and see where the two lines intersect. This would be at (4, 6). When I said to let x equal Soccer Balls and y equal basketballs that is where I got the 4 soccer balls and 6 basketballs.

starting with:    

5 + x - 12 = 2x - 7   

5 + x - 12 - x = 2x - 7 - x (subtract x from both sides)   

5 - 12 = x - 7 (combine and cancel x's from both sides)   

5 - 12 + 7 = x - 7 + 7 (add 7 to both sides)   

0 = x (add numbers together on both sides)       

so in order for the equation to be true, x must be 0.   

trying x = -0.5   

5 + x - 12 = 2x - 7 (original equation)   

5 + -0.5 - 12 = 2(-0.5) - 7 (plug in value of x)   

5 + -0.5 - 12 = -1 - 7 (did multiplication)   

-7.5 = -8 (did addition on both sides)       

since -7.5 is obviously not equal to -8, the value of -0.5 for x is wrong.   

trying x = 0   

5 + x - 12 = 2x - 7 (original equation)   

5 + 0 - 12 = 2(0) - 7 (plug in value of x)   

5 + 0 - 12 = 0 - 7 (did multiplication)   

-7 = -7 (did addition on both sides)       

since -7 equals -7, that demonstrates that the value of 0 for x is correct.   

trying x = 1   

5 + x - 12 = 2x - 7 (original equation)   

5 + 1 - 12 = 2(1) - 7 (plug in value of x)   

5 + 1 - 12 = 2 - 7 (did multiplication)   

-6 = -5 (did addition on both sides)       

since -6 is obviously not equal to -5, the value of 1 for x is wrong.

f . i can go whenever i feel like it bc it is confidential meaning only i would know how much i deposited besides the bank and they wouldnt care bc when you make a deposit you are using their services which means they are using there competition and gaining more customers

and if they dont well then thats less customers for them in a less profitable way

plz mark brainliest