Aiko had 17 comic books in her collection. She ordered some boxes of comic books. Each box contains 8 comic books. Aiko now has 65 comic books in her collection.

Complete the equation that represents the total number of comic books in Aiko's collection, where b is the number of boxes ordered.

__b +__ = 65

b = __

Aiko receives some bonus boxes of comic books. She now has 97 comic books in her collection.

Since Aiko received bonus boxes, the value of b has increased by ___
.

1 answer

8b + 17 = 65

b = 6

The value of b has increased by 5.