Question

giancarlo has two more than three times the number of baseball cards that antonio has. if giancarlo gave antonio 12 of his cards, they would each then have the same number of cards. how many cards does giancarlo have?

Answer 1

35

Explanation:

a = # cards antonio has

g = # of cards giancarlo has

g = 3a + 2

3a + 2 -12 = a + 12

3a - 10 = a + 12

2a = 22

a = 22/2 = 11

g = 3(11) + 2 = 35