Question

Ray collects cars and trucks. Over the years, the number of cars he collected is 8 less than twice

the number of trucks. If he has a total of 43 cars and trucks, how many trucks does Ray have?

Answer 1

Number of Trucks = 17

Explanation:

Given:

Total number of cars and truck = 43

Find:

Number of Trucks

Computation:

Assume

Number of Trucks = x

Number of Cars = 2x - 8

Total number of cars and truck = Number of Trucks + Number of Cars

43 = x + 2x - 8

51 = 3x

x = 17

Number of Trucks = 17