Question

Please see image attached. I am not able to solve, even after using the formula

Answer 1

Given:

Total number of cub scouts is 20 and the number of scout is 10 more than 2 times the number of adult leaders.

Required:

We need to find the number of adult leaders.

Step-by-step explanation:

Lets consider cub scouts as c and adult leaders as a so the

`c=20`

and the formula for adult is

`\begin{gathered} c=2a+10 \\ 20=2a+10 \end{gathered}`

simplify as:

`\begin{gathered} 10=2a \\ a=5 \end{gathered}`

Final answer:

Number of adult leaders is 5