Question

A textbook store sold a combined total of 361 chemistry and biology textbooks in a week the number of chemistry textbooks sold was 45 more than the number of biology textbooks sold.how many textbooks of each type were sold?

Answer 1

Chemistry Books- 203 and Biology Books- 158

Explanation:

I'm not sure myself how I did it since I don't have an exact method but I can guarantee that the answer is correct. (Quick sum-up of what I kinda did though. Divide both numbers by 2, then added (22, about half of 45), add 180 (about half of 361) and then subtracted 202 from 361. Realized that it was one off so I just made it 203 and 158)

Sorry for the mess of an explanation but hope it helps!