Susan o otara dimakasine di le 3 tse di romelang dikgatiso di le 12 ka ngwaga.  O na le makasine o le 1 o o romelang dikgatiso di le 6 ka ngwaga.  Makasine wa gagwe wa bofelo o mo romelela dikgatiso di le 4 go feta wa dikgatiso di le 6.  O amogela dimakasine di le kae ngwaga le ngwaga?

Carly is making cupcakes and brownies for her art class. She makes 2 less than three times as many brownies as cupcakes. If Carly's class has five people and each person gets two treats, how many cupcakes did Carly make?
O na le dimakasine di le 3 tse di romelang dikgatiso di le 12 ka jalo ke 3*12 = <<3*12=36>>36 dikgatiso
Makasine wa gagwe wa bofelo o mo romelela dikgatiso di le 4 go feta wa dikgatiso di le 6 ka jalo ke 4*6 = <<4*6=24>>24 dikgatiso
Ka kakaretso o amogela dikgatiso tsa dimakasine di le 36+24+6 = <<36+24+6=66>>66 ka ngwaga
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First, figure out how many total treats Carly made for her class by multiplying the number of people in the class by the number of treats per person: 5 people * 2 treats/person = <<5*2=10>>10 treats
Next, express the number of brownies in terms of the number of cupcakes based on the problem information: b = 3c - 2, where b is the number of brownies and c is the number of cupcakes
We know that b + c = 10, the total number of treats, so now we can substitute in the expression for b from the last step: 3c - 2 + c = 10
Now we combine like terms to get 4c - 2 = 10
We add two to both sides of the equation to get 4c = 12
Finally, we divide both sides by 4 to get c = 3
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