Henry bought bags of socks. Each bag contained both red and blue socks. He purchased 10 blue socks and 5 red socks in all. If each bag has 2 blue socks in it, how many red socks are in each
bag?

There was 1 red sock per bag.

Step-by-step explanation:

For every bag, there are 2 blue socks, and since he got ten, that means there had to have been 5 bags total. Take the amount of bags and divide it by the total number of red socks.

5/5=1 red sock

set each factor equal to 0

4x-3 = 0

2x-1 = 0

solve for x.

4x-3=0

4x=3

x= 3/4

solve for x. 

2x-1= 0

2x= 1

x= 1/2

eventually after a few more steps, your answer should be 1/2 is less than or equal to x and 3/4 is greater than or equal to x