2003 AMC 8 Problems/Problem 4
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A group of children riding on bicycles and tricycles rode past Billy Bob's house. Billy Bob counted children and wheels. How many tricycles were there?
Solution
Solution 1
If all the children were riding bicycles, there would be wheels. Each tricycle adds an extra wheel and extra wheels are needed, so there are tricycles.
Solution 2
Setting up an equation, we have children and . Solving for the variables, we get, tricycles.
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