A traffic counter consists of a thin black tube stretched across a street or highway and connected to a "brain box" at the side of the road. The device registers one "count" each time a set of wheels (that is, wheels on a single axle) rolls over the tube. A normal automobile (two axles) registers two counts, and a light truck (three axles) registers three counts. Suppose that, during a one-hour period, a particular counter registers 41 counts on a residential street on which only two-axle vehicles (cars) and three-axle vehicles (light trucks) are allowed. How many cars and light trucks passed over the traffic counter? Find all the possible solutions to the problem.

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A traffic counter consists of a thin black tube stretched across a street or highway and connected to a "brain
box" at the side of the road. The device registers one "count" each time a set of wheels (that is, wheels on a
single axle) rolls over the tube. A normal automobile (two axles) registers two counts, and a light truck (three
axles) registers three counts. Suppose that, during a one-hour period, a particular counter registers 41 counts
on a residential street on which only two-axle vehicles (cars) and three-axle vehicles (light trucks) are
allowed. How many cars and light trucks passed over the traffic counter? Find all the possible solutions to
the problem.
Transcribed Image Text:A traffic counter consists of a thin black tube stretched across a street or highway and connected to a "brain box" at the side of the road. The device registers one "count" each time a set of wheels (that is, wheels on a single axle) rolls over the tube. A normal automobile (two axles) registers two counts, and a light truck (three axles) registers three counts. Suppose that, during a one-hour period, a particular counter registers 41 counts on a residential street on which only two-axle vehicles (cars) and three-axle vehicles (light trucks) are allowed. How many cars and light trucks passed over the traffic counter? Find all the possible solutions to the problem.
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