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.(1 point)

Question

(The answer isnt 525)

Answer 1

Let's say the number of comic books on each shelf is x.
Since there are 5 shelves with an equal number of comic books, the total number of comic books on the shelves is 5x.
When Jose's father adds 20 comic books to the bottom shelf, the number of comic books on that shelf becomes x + 20.
Since there are 125 comic books on the bottom shelf now, we can set up the equation x + 20 = 125.
Subtracting 20 from both sides of the equation, we get x = 125 - 20 = 105.
Now that we know x is equal to 105, we can find the total number of comic books by multiplying the number of comic books on each shelf by the number of shelves: 105 * 5 = <<105*5=525>>525.
Therefore, the total number of comic books in Jose's collection is 525.