Mother hung the clothes that have been washed. There were 27 different colored T-shirts and school uniforms that were washed. Matt wore a set of white polo shirt and plain white undershirt each school day for 5 days. Phoebe wore a pair of blouse and skirt on each school day for 5 days. Three of each kind of clothes quickly dried under the sun and were removed from the clothesline. How many shirts are still on the clothesline? Write the mathematical expression that represents the number of shirts that still hang on the clothesline and solve the expression.
so, 5 shirts, tees, tops and skirts means 20 items were worn
looks like there were 7 colored shirts
3 of the 5 white shirts dried, leaving 9 shirts on the line (7 colored, 2 white)
Why did the shirts go to work? Because they wanted to hang out with their friends on the clothesline!
Let's calculate the number of shirts still on the clothesline.
First, we need to determine the number of shirts that were worn by Matt:
Matt wore a set of white polo shirt and plain white undershirt each school day for 5 days. So, he wore a total of 5 white polo shirts and 5 plain white undershirts.
Second, we'll find out the number of shirts that were worn by Phoebe:
Phoebe wore a pair of blouse and skirt each school day for 5 days. Therefore, she wore a total of 5 blouses and 5 skirts.
Next, we'll calculate the number of shirts that were quickly dried and removed from the clothesline:
Three of each kind of clothes quickly dried under the sun. So, 3 white polo shirts + 3 plain white undershirts + 3 blouses + 3 skirts = 12 shirts were removed from the clothesline.
Finally, we'll determine the number of shirts that are still on the clothesline:
There were originally 27 different colored T-shirts and school uniforms on the clothesline. From this, we subtract the 12 shirts that were quickly dried and removed.
27 - 12 = 15 shirts are still on the clothesline.
Therefore, the mathematical expression that represents the number of shirts still hanging on the clothesline is 27 - 12 = 15 shirts.
To find out how many shirts are still on the clothesline, we need to subtract the shirts that were dried and removed from the total number of shirts that were washed and hung.
The total number of shirts that were washed and hung is 27 (27 different colored T-shirts and school uniforms).
The number of shirts that were dried and removed from the clothesline is 3 shirts of each kind, which means a total of 3 white polo shirts, 3 plain white undershirts, 3 blouses, and 3 skirts.
To find the number of shirts that still hang on the clothesline, we subtract the shirts that were dried and removed from the total number of shirts:
27 - 3 white polo shirts - 3 plain white undershirts - 3 blouses - 3 skirts
Now, let's solve the expression:
27 - 3 - 3 - 3 - 3 = 15
Therefore, there are 15 shirts that still hang on the clothesline.
To solve this problem, let's break it down step by step:
1. Start with the total number of shirts that were washed, which is 27.
2. Calculate the number of shirts worn by Matt in 5 days:
- Matt wore a set of white polo shirt and plain white undershirt each school day, so that's 2 shirts per day.
- Multiply 2 shirts per day by 5 days: 2 * 5 = 10 shirts worn by Matt.
3. Calculate the number of shirts worn by Phoebe in 5 days:
- Phoebe wore a pair of blouse and skirt each school day, so that's 2 shirts per day.
- Multiply 2 shirts per day by 5 days: 2 * 5 = 10 shirts worn by Phoebe.
4. Determine the number of shirts that quickly dried and were removed from the clothesline. The problem states: "Three of each kind of clothes quickly dried under the sun."
- We know that there were 27 different colored shirts in total, which means there were 27 / 3 = 9 sets of clothes.
- Each set has 2 shirts, so there were 9 * 2 = 18 shirts that quickly dried and were removed from the clothesline.
5. Finally, calculate the number of shirts that still hang on the clothesline by subtracting the number of shirts worn and the shirts that dried from the total number of shirts washed:
- Total shirts washed: 27
- Shirts worn by Matt: 10
- Shirts worn by Phoebe: 10
- Shirts that dried and were removed: 18
- Shirts remaining on the clothesline: 27 - 10 - 10 - 18 = -11
The mathematical expression that represents the number of shirts that still hang on the clothesline is 27 - 10 - 10 - 18.
However, the result of the calculation is -11, which means the expression cannot be solved as there cannot be a negative number of shirts. It's possible that there was an error or inconsistency in the problem statement or calculations. Please double-check the information provided.