Question

You and your friend are collecting seashells on the beach you collect 22 more seashells than your friend collects together you and your friend have 88 seashells write a system of linear equations that represent the situation. how many seashells do each of you collect

Answer 1

33 & 55

Explanation:

88 / 2 = 44, which gives you the half value. Considering this is a matter of dividing by 11, you can add and subtract 11 on both sides until you get the difference of 22 you need, which is 33 & 55.