Question

Lizzy bought 4 bags of apples each bag had the same number of apples her mom gave her 8 more apples now Lizzy has 36 apples how many apples were in each bag

Answer 1

So if a is represented as apples the. A=7

Answer 2

Let a=number of apples in a bag, then:

4a+8=36 subtract 8 from both sides

4a=28 divide both sides by 4

a=7

So there were 7 apples in each bag.