Joe and Martha share 56 books, joe had two more books than martha how many books does martha have

Answer 1

Let's use the variable m to represent the number of books Martha has.

Then we can write the following expression to represent the number Joe has: m + 2

Since the total they have together is 56, we can write the following equation:

Martha + Joe = 56

m + m + 2 = 56

Now we can solve this equation to find the number of books Martha has:

m + m + 2 = 56

2m + 2 = 56

2m + 2 - 2 = 56 - 2

2m = 54

2m/2 = 54/2

m = 27

Martha has 27 books.

Joe will have two more than Martha. Joe will have 29 books.