A bassist and a pianist each wrote songs for their band. The pianist wrote 6 fewer than three times the number of songs that the bassist wrote, They wrote a total of 64 songs. Write a system of equations to model this situation if the bassist wrote * B * songs and the pianist wrote * P * songs.

What would be two equations I could write for this problem?

Equation #1

Equation #2

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Ella Foley

16 March, 09:56

A bassist and a pianist each wrote songs for their band. The pianist wrote 6 fewer than three times the number of songs that the bassist wrote, They wrote a total of 64 songs. Write a system of equations to model this situation if the bassist wrote * B * songs and the pianist wrote * P * songs.

What would be two equations I could write for this problem?

Equation #1

Equation #2

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Rivers · Answer 1

Step-by-step explanation:

P+B=64

Let's say P=3*B - 6

This means that 3*B - 6 + B = 64

Solve for B, which is 17.5

Solve for P using P=3*B-6, which is 46.5

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