Question

Ray’s birthday is 8 more than four times the number of days away from today than Jane’s birthday. If Ray’s birthday is 24 days from today, how many days until Jane’s birthday

Answer 1

so I made the equation

4x+ 8 = 24

4x +8 -8 = 24 -8

4x=20

4x/4 = 20/4

so x=5

Jane's b-day is 5 days away