Question

Suppose you send about 12 text messages a day and your older sister sends more text messages than you do . together you send a total of about 26 messages per day. about how many text messages does she send a day ? Write an equation and solve for the unknown value

Answer 1

Let x be the number of text messages that your older sister sends per day. Then we can write an equation based on the given information:

x + 12 = 26

We can solve for x by subtracting 12 from both sides of the equation:

x = 26 - 12

x = 14

Therefore, your older sister sends about 14 text messages per day.