Question

Jim has 38 bottles of water in 9 packs of x bottles and one pack that contains only 2 bottles. What is the value of x? (Hint: Set up a two-step equation.)

Answer 1

9*x=?
38-2=36
36/9=4
x=4

Answer 2

As per the problem , we have

Jim has 38 bottles of water in 9 packs of x bottles.

And one pack that contains only 2 bottles.

we have been asked to find the value of x?

As per the given information in the problem we can write

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