Question

During the spring car wash, the activities club washed 14 fewer cars than during the summer car wash. They washed a total of 96 cars during both car washes. How many cars did they wash during the spring car wash?

Answer 1

You can make an equation to solve this, but establishing knowns, unknowns, and relationships.

# in spring wash = x
# in summer       = x + 14
Total Washes     = 96

we know:
total = summer + spring

96 = (x) + (x + 14)
96 = 2x + 14
82 = 2x

"x" = 41