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Ninety-six golf balls were picked up at the

driving range and placed into two buckets.
One bucket has twenty-eight more balls
than the other bucket. How many golf
balls are in each bucket?

User Yayitswei
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Answer: 34 in one bucket, 62 in the other

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Work Shown:

x = number of golf balls in bucket A

y = number of golf balls in bucket B

Let's say bucket B has more golf balls. More specifically it has 28 more golf balls, so,

y = x+28

The two quantities must add to 96 golf balls total.

x+y = 96

x+x+28 = 96

2x+28 = 96

2x = 96-28

2x = 68

x = 68/2

x = 34 is the number of golf balls in bucket A

y = x+28

y = 34+28

y = 62 is the number of golf balls in bucket B

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Check:

x+y = 34+62 = 96

The answer is confirmed.

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