Ben is buying pens and pencils from the store. Pens come in packages of 3, but pencils are sold in packages of 6. If Ben wishes to purchase
the same number of pens as pencils, what is the smallest number of
pens that he can buy?

Ahiker stands at an unknown elevation before he ascends 2 miles up a mountain to an elevation of 9 miles. find the elevation of the hiker before his ascent.

Helll ! 1,400 tons of wheat of two different varieties was delivered to the silo. when processing one variety, there was 2% of waste and 3% during the processing of the second variety of wheat. after the processing, the amount of remaining wheat was 1,364 tons. how many tons of each variety of wheat was delivered to the silo?

Type the correct answer in the box. consider the system of linear equations below. rewrite one of the two equations above in the form ax + by = c, where a, b, and c are constants, so that the sum of the new equation and the unchanged equation from the original system results in an equation in one variable.