Question

The number of grocery items on two grocery lists differs by 7. the total number of items is 33. How many items are on each list?

Answer 1

x+ x+7=33
2x+7=33
2x=26
x=13
x+7=20
13+20=33

one list has 13 items, the other list has 20 items

Answer 2

There are 20 items on one grocery list and 13 items on second grocery list.

Explanation:

We are given that there are two grocery list and one of the grocery list have seven things less than the other grocery list.

Let x be the number of items on one grocery list.

Then, by the given information, there are x -7 items on the second grocery list.

The total number of items on both the list are 33.

Then, according to the question,

`x + (x-7) = 33\\2x - 7 = 33\\2x = 40\\x = 20`

Thus, there are 20 items on one grocery list and (20 -7) = 13 items on second grocery list.