Question

Kelly and Rachel collected 193 pounds of newspaper between them. Kelly collected 35 pounds more than Rachel. How many pounds of newspaper did each girl collect?

Answer 1

Answer:take 193 and subtract 35. you should get 158 then divide 158 bby 2 you should get 79 add 35 to 79 you should get 114. therefore kelly will have 114 and rachel will have 79

Explanation:

Answer 2

Kelly collected 114 pounds of newspaper. Rachel collected 79 pounds of newspaper.

Explanation:

Write an expression for each girl to figure out how many pounds of newspapers they each collected:

(x represents pounds of newspapers) Rachel = x Kelly = x + 35

To solve, combine the two expressions into one equation: 2x + 35 = 193

Then, subtract 35 from both sides of the equation. Make sure you subtract from both sides of the equation to keep it equal: 2x + 35 - 35 = 193 - 35

The equation left is: 2x = 158

Divide both sides by two in order to get the x by itself: 2x ÷ 2 = 158 ÷ 2

The answer will be: x = 79

Then, substitute 79 for x in the first equations:

Rachel = 79 Kelly = 79 + 35

Solve for the final answer: Rachel = 79 Kelly = 114