Find the amount of cookies in each package.

Question

the number of cookies in a larger package is 12 less than twice the number in a smaller package. Five times the smaller package is equal to three time the larger package. How many cookies are in each package

Answer 1

Let x = the number of cookies in the smaller package

Let 2x - 12 = the number of cookies in the larger package

5x = 3(2x - 12)

5x = 6x - 36

-x = -36

x = 36

2(36) - 12 = 60