. Suppose Santiago bought 34 books total - write a second equation to represent the sum of board books and soft cover books.

Answer 1

To represent the situation where Santiago bought a total of 34 books, we can define two variables:

• Let \( b \) represent the number of board books.
• Let \( s \) represent the number of soft cover books.

Since Santiago bought a total of 34 books, we can write the equation for the sum of board books and soft cover books as follows:

\[ b + s = 34 \]

This is the second equation representing the total number of books Santiago bought. If you have a specific context or additional information (like a relation between board books and soft cover books), we can create a second equation as needed.