During summer vacation Sagar read 5more than his sister if they read 23 books together how many books did Sagar read

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During summer vacation Sagar read 5more than books than his sister.if they read 23 books together how many books did Sagar read

Patrick B. · Accepted Answer

x= books read by sister x+5 equals books read by Sagar solve for X x+(x+5)=23 x+(x+5-5)=23-5 x+x = 18 2x=18 x=9 Sagar read 14 books

Amarjeet K. · Answer

Assume sister read x books
so sagar read x+5
 
x + x + 5 = 23
2x = 18
x = 9
 
sister read 9 books
sagar read 9+5 = 14 books
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