Question

Ali and Ahmed ate 24 chocolate bars. Ali ate 14 more than Ahmed. How manychocolate bars did each eat?

Answer 1

the total number of chocolates =24

`x+y=24`

where x represents chocolate ate by Ali and y represents Ahmed. Ali ate 14 more.

`y+14=x`

Substitue this in first equation

`\begin{gathered} y+14+y=24 \\ 2y=24-14 \\ 2y=10 \\ y=5 \end{gathered}`

so Ahmed ate 5 chocolates. Now, ali ate 14 more, so

`x=14+5=19`

Ali ate 19 chocolates.