Question

Samantha has 59 magazines in her room. Some are baseball magazines, some are cooking magazines. She has 5 more baseball magazines than

cooking magazines. How many does she have of each?
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Answer 1

Cooking magazine = 27

Baseball magazine = 32

Explanation:

Total number of magazine = 59

Cooking magazine = x

Baseball magazine = x + 5

Total number of magazine = Cooking magazine + Baseball magazine

59 = x + (x + 5)

59 = x + x + 5

59 = 2x + 5

59 - 5 = 2x

54 = 2x

Divide both sides by 2

x = 54 / 2

= 27

x = 27

Cooking magazine = x

= 27 magazine

Baseball magazine = x + 5

= 27 + 5

= 32 magazine