Jonah is helping his mom make coupon books for a fundraiser. On the first day, they make Lof the total number of coupon books for the fundraiser. On the second day, they made 48 coupon books. The number of coupon books she made on the second day is 1 more than the number of coupon books they made on the first day. How many coupons books did they make in all? (Hint: a picture may help)

Answer 1

Let's represent the number of coupon books they made on the first day using a variable: x.
According to the problem, they made 1 more coupon book on the second day, so the number of coupon books made on the second day is x + 1.
On the first day, they made x coupon books.
On the second day, they made x + 1 coupon books.
In total, they made x + x + 1 coupon books.
Combining like terms, they made 2x + 1 coupon books in all. Answer: \boxed{2x+1}.