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3. © MP.6 Be Precise Devin brought his snail collectionto school. He has 10 snails.How could he put them into 2 tanks so two classescould see them?Write equations for all the possible ways.One of the ways is given.Explain how you know you have found all the ways.

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Answer:See explanationStep-by-step explanation:Devin brought his snail collection to school. He has 10 snails.the smallest number of snails in the tank is 0 and the greatest number of snails in the tank is 10. Also the number of snails in each tank must be a whole number (Devin cannot put half of the snail into the tank). There are 11 whole numbers between 0 and 10. Hence,  all 11 possibilities to divide snails into two tanks are:[tex]\begin{array}{cc}\text{Tank 1}&\text{Tank 2}\\ \\0&10\\1&9\\2&8\\3&7\\4&6\\5&5\\6&4\\7&3\\8&2\\9&1\\10&0\end{array}[/tex]The sums of two numbers in each row must be exactly 10 as the total number of snails Devin has.