Question

Ricardo lost 6 golfballs while playing yesterday. He bought a box of 12 golf balls, then lost 4 on the course today. he now has 18 golf balls. How many golf balls did Ricardo have to begin with?

Answer 1

I got the answer he began with 16.
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Answer 2

16 balls.

Explanation:

Let x represent the golf balls Ricardo begin with.

Ricardo lost 6 golf balls while playing yesterday. So the number of remaining balls would be
`x-6`.

He bought a box of 12 golf balls, then lost 4 on the course today.

We can represent this information as:

`x-6+12-4`

We have been given that now Ricardo has 18 golf balls. So we will get:

`x-6+12-4=18`

Solve for x:

`x+2=18`

`x+2-2=18-2`

`x=16`

Therefore, Ricardo has 16 balls to begin with.