$\"\"$

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Pilar bought $\"\"$ items for her camping trip.

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She bought $\"\"$ times as many packets of drink mix as tent stakes.

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She also bought $\"\"$ more bottels of water than tent stackes.

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Write and solve an equation to discover how many tent stackes she bought.

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Find an equation.

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Let the number of tent stakes be $\"\"$ .

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She bought $\"\"$ times as many packets of drink mix as tent stakes, then the number of packets of mix are $\"\"$ .

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She bought $\"\"$ more bottles of water than tent stackes, then bottles of water is $\"\"$ .

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Her total bought items are $\"\"$ .

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The sum of the number of tent stake, packets of drink mix and bottles of water equal $\"\"$ .

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The equation is $\"\"$ .

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$\"\"$

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Find how many tent stackes she bought :

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$\"\"$ (Original equation)

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$\"\"$ (Add common terms)

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$\"\"$ (Subtract $\"\"$ from each side)

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$\"\"$ (Apply additive inverse property : $\"\"$ )

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$\"\"$ (Divide each side by $\"\"$ )

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$\"\"$ (Cancel common terms)

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Therefore, number of tent stakes are $\"\"$ .

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$\"\"$

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Check :

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$\"\"$ (Original equation)

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$\"\"$ (Substitute $\"\"$ in the equation)

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$\"\"$ (Add inside terms)

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$\"\"$ (Simplify)

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$\"\"$

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The equation is $\"\"$ .

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The number of tent stakes are $\"\"$ .