Question
Will and DeShawn each have a to deliver packages. Will has 7 times as many packages to deliver as DeShawn. After DeShawn took some of Will's packages, each boy had 36 packages to deliver. How many packages did DeShawn take?
Answers
Anonymous
They had 2*36 = 72 packages
W = 7 D
so
7 D + D = 72
8 D = 72
D = 9
W = 7 D
so
7 D + D = 72
8 D = 72
D = 9