Bags of clementines have 12 each for a party sal Trisha and Joe each brought bags of clementines altogether there were 180 clementines sal brought 4 bags and Joe brought 6 write the equation to determine how many bags Trista brought T
Let T be the number of bags Trisha brought.
The total number of clementines can be calculated by multiplying the number of bags each person brought by 12:
Sal: 4 bags * 12 clementines/bag = 48 clementines
Joe: 6 bags * 12 clementines/bag = 72 clementines
The sum of all the clementines is 180, so the equation becomes:
48clementines + 72clementines + T*12clementines/bag = 180clementines