together, tom and max have 72 football cards.Tom has 2 more than 4 times as many cards as Max has. How many football cards does tom have ?

3 answers

Let m = Max

m + 4m + 2 = 72

5m = 70

m = 14
marnie practiced her basketball dribbling. Afte two tries, she had bounced the ball 88 times. On the second try, she had 2 fewer bounces than 8 times the number of bounces she had on the first try how many bounces did she have on the second try?
20