2021 Euclid Problems

Problem 1

(a) What is the value of $a$ for which $(a-1) + (2a - 3) = 14$ ?

(a) By combining like terms, we get $3a-4=14$ , so $3a=18$ , so $a=6$ . Therefore, our answer is $\boxed{6}$ .

~Yuhao2012