Question

Rita started the day with R apps. then she deleted 5 apps and still had twice the amount of Cora (36). write an equation that represents the number of apps both girls have

Answer 1

Step-by-step explanation:lllllLet's start by using "R" to represent the number of apps that Rita started with, and "C" to represent the number of apps that Cora started with.

We know that Rita deleted 5 apps, so she would have (R-5) apps remaining. And we know that she still had twice the amount of Cora, which is 36.

So we can write the equation:

R-5 = 2C

And we also know that Cora had 36 apps, so we can substitute that value in for C:

R-5 = 2(36)

Simplifying the right side:

R-5 = 72

Finally, we can solve for R by adding 5 to both sides:

R = 77

So Rita started with 77 apps, and Cora started with 36 apps. We can check that Rita deleted 5 and had twice as many as Cora by plugging our values into the original equation:

77 - 5 = 72

2(36) = 72

Both sides are equal, so our solution is correct.