Question

Sergio has p paintings in his art collection. He and other local painting collectors agreed to donate a total of 48 paintings to the local museum. Each of the 12 collectors will donate the same number of paintings How many paintings will Sergio have in his art collection after his donation?

Answer 1

Explanation:

The question is a bit confusing, so I am going to reword it to what I assume it means, which is, “Sergio initially has “p” paintings. There are 12 art collectors total, including Sergio. All the art collectors together donate a total of 48 paintings, and each art collector donates the same number of paintings. How many paintings does Sergio have left?”

p = number of Sergio’s paintings at the start.

p-X = the number of Sergio’s paintings at the end.

48 = the total number of paintings donated by all art collectors

12 = number of art collectors

48/12 = 4 = the number of paintings that each art collector donated

4 = X = the number of paintings that Sergio donated

p-4 = the number of paintings Sergio has left (answer)

(My regrets if my understanding of the question was something other than the above.)