Given:
Joey had 26 game cards.
His friend Richard gave him some more, and now Joey has 100 cards.
To find:
How many cards did Richard give to Joey?
Solution:
Let x be the number of cards that Richard give to Joey.
Joey had 26 game cards.
Now, the total cards joey has
Joey has total 100 cards.
Therefore, Richard gave him 74 cards.
Answer:
80 lemons
Step-by-step explanation:
Let x represent the amount of lemons that were on the tree.
We can use this to set up an equation:
Note that percentages can also be written as that number over 100.
Simplify the fraction.
Multiply both sides by 5
Divide both sides by 2
There were 80 lemons on the tree before he picked the lemons.