Question

Uranus has three moons less than Saturn. Together they have 33 moons. How many moons does Saturn have? write an algebra equation to solve the problem

Answer 1

Saturn has 18 moons.

Explanation:

Let s = the number of moons of Saturn.

Then s - 3 is the number of moons of Jupiter.

s + s - 3 = 33

2s - 3 = 33

2s = 36

s = 18

Saturn has 18 moons.