Equations & Inequalities

Question

Each month the police department hosts a community barbecue. This month, 56 people attended the community barbecue. This was 10 more than twice as many people than were at the community barbecuelast month. Write and solve an equation to determine how many people attended last month’s barbecue.

Answer 1

56 =10+ 2P

2P =56-10 = 46

P = 46/2 = 23 people attended last month