Answer:
20 comic books
Step-by-step explanation:
Let us first <u>set up a variable</u>, x, for the number of books that Zoe has. If Jared has 12 more comics than Zoe, he would have x+12 books.
Given that Zoe and Jared have a total of 28 comic books, let us write an <u>equation</u> and solve for x:

Now that we have a <u>simplified</u> version of the equation, let us solve for x by <u>isolating the variable</u> on the left side:

We now know that x=8, and also that Jared has x+12 books. To find the number of comic books Jared has, let us <u>add</u> 12 to x:

Therefore, Jared has 20 comic books.
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Answer:
15 is your number and is a factor of 5 between 10 and 10
Answer: 
Explanation:
The equation is:

The term on the left consists of a product of two different factors: therefore, this product can be zero if either the first term (2x-5) or the second term (3x-1) is equal to zero.
This means that we can solve separately for the two terms:

Solving the first equation:

Solving the second equation:

If we multiply the top equation by -4 we can get rid of the x so:
-4x+20y=-12
4x-4y=12
Add these up
16y=0
Y=0
X=3