Tom and Jerry Have Two Tasks to Do All Day

question 58

Multiple Choice

Tom and Jerry have two tasks to do all day: set traps and build bombs.If Tom spends all day setting traps,he will have set 16 traps.If he instead devotes his day to building bombs,Tom will build 4 bombs.If Jerry spends his day setting traps,he will set 14 traps;if he spends the day building bombs,he will build 7 bombs.At the end of the day,Tom could have:

• A)either 16 traps and 4 bombs,or 8 traps and 2 bombs.
• B)either 8 traps and 2 bombs,or 4 traps and 6 bombs.
• C)either 8 traps and 2 bombs,or 4 traps and 4 bombs.
• D)either 12 traps and 3 bombs,or 8 traps and 3 bombs.

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