Question

suny ridge elemantrayschool was collecting ans for a food drive . the first few days of the drive , they collected 103 cans. they collected 5 more cans on the first day than the second day . how many cans did they collected each day?

___first day ___ second day

Answer 1

let x = cans on first day, then x-5 = second day.

x + x-5 = 103

Add 5 to both sides and combine terms.

2x = 108

Divide both sides by 2.

x = 54

x-5 = 49