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19 June, 14:23

A bike shop sells only skateboards and bicycles. All skateboards have 4 wheels and all bikes have 2 wheels each. There are 20 vehicles with a total of 52 wheels in the shop. How many skateboards and how many bikes were in the shop?

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  1. 19 June, 14:35
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    There are 11 skateboards and 9 bikes.

    Set up your equations: 4s+2b=52 and b+s=20

    Multiply the 2nd by 2, 2b+2s=40

    Subtract the second equation from the first

    2s=22

    so 11 skateboards and 9 bikes
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