Two multipedes are cantering through a shopping mall when they come to a sock shop.They count up all their feet and find that three dozen or 36 socks will be just enough to keep all of their feet warm. If one of them has eight more than the other , how many feet does each multipede have ?

Answer 1

number of feet of first ---- x
number of feet of the foot-advantaged ---- x+8

solve for x

x + x+8 = 36