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Michelle collected 7 more than twice the number of newspaper David collected. Michelle collected 33 newspaper. How many did David collect

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David collected 13 newspaper

Solution:

Given that,

Michelle collected 7 more than twice the number of newspaper David collected.

Michelle collected 33 newspaper

To find: Number of newspaper collected by David

From given information,

Number of newspaper collected by Michelle = 7 more than twice the number of newspaper David collected

Number of newspaper collected by Michelle = 7 + 2(Number of newspaper collected by David)

33 = 7 + 2(Number of newspaper collected by David)

2(Number of newspaper collected by David) = 33 - 7

2(Number of newspaper collected by David) = 26

Number of newspaper collected by David =
26 / 2 = 13

Therefore David collected 13 newspaper

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