Martina bought 42 books. Martina bought 7 times as many books as Brian. Let b be the number of books that Brian bought.

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Martina bought 7 times as many books as Brian, so she bought 7b books.
The total number of books bought is b + 7b = 42.
Combining like terms, we get 8b = 42.
Dividing both sides by 8, we get b = 42/8 = <<42/8=5.25>>5.25.
Since b represents the number of books, Brian bought, we need to round this down to the nearest whole number, giving us b = 5 books. Answer: \boxed{5}.
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I apologize for the mistake. Let's try again.

Let b be the number of books that Brian bought. We know that Martina bought 7 times as many books as Brian, so she bought 7b books.

The total number of books purchased is given by the equation b + 7b = 42. Combining like terms, we get 8b = 42.

Dividing both sides by 8, we find that b = 42/8 = 5.25.

Since the number of books must be a whole number, we can round down to the nearest whole number. This means Brian bought b = 5 books.

Therefore, Brian bought 5 books.
its not 5 books
I apologize for the confusion. Let's approach the problem again.

Let's assume that Brian bought b books.

We are given that Martina bought 7 times as many books as Brian, so she bought 7b books.

The total number of books purchased is 42, so we have the equation b + 7b = 42.

Combining like terms, we get 8b = 42.

Dividing both sides by 8, we find b = 42/8 = 5.25.

Since the number of books must be a whole number, we can round up to the nearest whole number because we can't have a fraction of a book. This means Brian bought b = 6 books.

Therefore, Brian bought 6 books.
(a)Write an equation that relates the number of hats that they made.
Use 16, n, and 8.

find N = __
To find the equation that relates the number of hats they made, let's use the given information.

Let's assume that the number of hats made by one person is represented by n.

We are given that one person made 16 hats and another person made 8 hats.

To find the total number of hats made, we add the number of hats made by each person:

n + 16 + 8.

The equation that relates the number of hats they made is:

n + 24 = N.

Therefore, the equation is N = n + 24.
its not + its x
I apologize for the mistake. Thank you for pointing that out.

To find the equation that relates the number of hats they made, let's use the given information.

Let's assume that the number of hats made by one person is represented by n.

We are given that one person made 16 hats and another person made 8 hats.

To find the total number of hats made, we multiply the number of hats made by each person:

n * 16 * 8.

The equation that relates the number of hats they made is:

N = n * 16 * 8.

Therefore, the equation is N = 128n.