Jose has a comic book collection that he keeps among 5 shelves with an equal number on each shelf. His father adds 20 comic books to the bottom shelf, so the shelf now has 125 books. How many total books are in his collection? Use algebra to solve the equation

Answer 1

Let x be the number of comic books on each shelf.
There are 5 - 1 = <<5-1=4>>4 shelves besides the bottom shelf.
The bottom shelf initially has x comic books.
The bottom shelf now has x + 20 comic books.
There are 4x comic books on the other shelves.
Jose's comic book collection has 4x + x + 20 = 125 books.
Combining like terms, we get 5x + 20 = 125
Subtracting 20 from both sides, we get 5x = 105.
Dividing both sides by 5, we get x = 21.
Jose's collection has 4 * 21 + 21 = <<4*21+21=105>>105 + 21 = <<105+21=126>>126 books. Answer: \boxed{126}.

Answer 2

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