angela has twelve fewer records than craig. together they have 86 records. how many records does angela have?

Question

angela has twelve fewer records than craig. together they have 86 records. how many records does angela have?

Answer 1

Let c = # of records that Craig has; therefore Angela has c-12.

Their total is 2c- 12 = 86.  You can solve this.

Answer 2

x = number of records Craig has

 

x + x -12 = 86

2x - 12 = 86

     + 12    +12

2x = 98 

divide by 2

x = 49

 

So, Craig has 49.

Angela has 12 fewer, so 49 - 12 = 37.

 

check: 49 + 37 = 86