Question

Lizy bought 4 bags of apples. Each bag had the same number of apples. Her mom gave her 8 more apples.Now Liz has 36 apples.How many apple were in each bag

Answer 1

Answer: 7

Explanation:

Let x represent the number of apples in each bag, then

4x + 8 = 36

4x = 28 subtracted 8 from both sides

x = 7 divided both sides by 4