Question

Last year Chelsea and Sonya took 236 pictures during Thanksgiving. This year Chelsea and Sonya each took the same amount of pictures. All together they took 500 pictures in both years. How many pictures did each girl take at Thanksgiving this year? Please write an solve an equation, make sure you show your work.

Answer 1

let this year each girl took x picture

So total pictures taken this year should be 2x

So

236 +2x = 500

Subtract 236 from both sides

2x= 264

Divide both sides by 2

x= 132

So this year each girl took 132 pictures