Shiela made cookies for Arun and Ram. Arun and Ram ate the cookies. Together they ate 15 cookies.
taking the cookies eaten by Arun as x and Ram as y, answer the following questions:
1) Write a linear equation representing the cookies eaten by Arun and Ram
2) Find the number of cookies Arun ate, if Ram had 9 cookies
3) If Ram ate 4 times the number of cookies Arun ate, find the number of cookies eaten by each of them?

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Answer

1) Linear Equation for Cookies Eaten
To represent the total cookies eaten by Arun and Ram, we can formulate the following linear equation:
- Let x = cookies eaten by Arun
- Let y = cookies eaten by Ram
The equation can be expressed as:
- x + y = 15
This shows that the sum of cookies eaten by both Arun and Ram equals 15.
2) Cookies Eaten by Arun if Ram Ate 9
If Ram had 9 cookies, we can substitute y in the equation:
- x + 9 = 15
To find the number of cookies Arun ate (x), we subtract 9 from both sides:
- x = 15 - 9
- x = 6
Thus, Arun ate 6 cookies.
3) Cookies Eaten if Ram Ate 4 Times Arun
If Ram ate 4 times the number of cookies Arun ate, we can express this as:
- y = 4x
Substituting this into the total cookies equation:
- x + 4x = 15
- 5x = 15
Now, solving for x:
- x = 15 / 5
- x = 3
Now, substituting x back to find y:
- y = 4 * 3
- y = 12
Therefore, the number of cookies eaten by each is:
- Arun: 3 cookies
- Ram: 12 cookies
This detailed breakdown helps illustrate how to solve the problem using linear equations and relationships.

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