Kay and Allen sell cell phones. Last month Kay sold 17 more cell phones than Allen. Together they both sold 117 cell phones. How

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many phones did each of them sell individually? Show the equation you used to determine the answers

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mrs_skeptik [129] · Answer 1 · 2022-06-15T16:52:04+03:00

Answer:

Kay sold 67; Allen sold 50

Step-by-step explanation:

Let "a" represent the number of phones that Allen sold.

a + (a+17) = 117 . . . equation used to find the answer

2a = 100 . . . . . . . . subtract 17, collect terms

a = 50 . . . . . . . . . . divide by 2; the number Allen sold

a+17 = 67 . . . . . . . . Kay sold 17 more than Allen