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Question

Hank delivers packages in his office building. On Tuesday he delivered four more packages than on Monday, and on Wednesday he delivered 6 more packages than on Monday. If he delivered 28 packages all together, how many did he deliver on Monday?

Answer 1

Let x = the number of packages delivered on Monday.

Then x + 4 = the number of packages delivered on Tuesday,

and x + 6 = the number of packages delivered on Wednesday.

 

Adding these together, you get:

(x) + (x+4) + (x+6) = 28

--> 3x + 10 = 28

--> 3x = 18

--> x = 6

 

Since x represented the number of packages delivered for Monday, the answer is 6.