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There are 16 students in a class. Each student has either a bicycle or a tricycle. There
are exactly 37 wheels altogether. How many bicycles do the students have?

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x = number of students that own a bicycle

 16-x = number of students that own a tricycle

total wheels = number of bikes x 2 and number of tricycles x 3

you get 2 * x +3 *(16-x) = 37

2x +48-3x = 37

-x = -11x = 11


 11 students own bicycles and 5 own tricycles




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