Question

Preston and Vincent go to the amusement park. Together they eat 8 elephant ears.Vincent eats 2 less elephant ears than Preston. How many does each of them eat?Use X in the equatio

Answer 1

Being X the number of elephant ears Preston ate, X - 2 is the number Vincent ate, thus

X + X - 2 = 8

Joining like terms:

2X - 2 = 8

Adding 2 to each side of the equation

2X - 2 + 2= 8 + 2

Operating

2X = 10

Solving for X

X = 10 / 2 = 5

Thus, Preston ate 5 elephant ears and Vincent ate 5 - 2 = 3 ears