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Three tins, A, B and C, each contain buttons.
Tin A contains x buttons.
Tin B contains 4 times the number of buttons that tin A contains.
Tin C contains 7 fewer buttons than tin A.
The total number of buttons in the three tins is 137
Work out the number of buttons in tin C.

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catrinachen00
the number of buttons in tin C is 17.
x+4x+x-7= 137
combine like terms
6x-7=137
isolate the variable by adding 7 to both sides
6x=144
divide
x=24
but remember, tin c is x-7 so plug the 24 in, and the answer is 17.

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