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3 years ago

Jared has 12 more comic books than Zoe. If they have 28 comic books

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ZanzabumX [31]3 years ago

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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:

$x+x+12=28\\2x+12=28$

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:

$2x=28-12\\2x=16\\x=8$

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:

$x+12=\\8+12=\\20\\$

Therefore, Jared has 20 comic books.

<em>I hope this helps! Please let me know if you have any further questions :)</em>

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