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Algebra practice question

A shed holds bicycles and unicycles, 14 vehicles in all with 20 wheels in total. How many bicycles are in the shed?

Answer: 6

With b bicycles: 2b + (14 − b) = 20 gives b = 6.

Common wrong answers

If you answered 7
7 splits the vehicles evenly.
If you answered 8
8 is the number of unicycles.
If you answered 10
10 halves the wheel count.

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