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HI Maureen, One of the keys to solving word problems is to carefully read the problem and attempt to convert it to an algebra problem. In this problem the important quantities are the numbers of cards that Tom and Max have so I would start giving these quantities algebraic symbols.
The first sentence in the problem says that the total number of cards is 72. Said algebraically this is
The second sentence says that if I multiply he number of cards that Max has by4 and then add 2 I get the number of cards that Tom has. Thus
You have now converted the word problem into two algebraic equations. Can you solve the equations? Penny | ||||||||||||
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