Question

Joe has a collection of 35 DVD movies he received eight of them as gifts Joe bought the rest of his move over three years if he bought the same number of movies each year how many movies did Joe by last year?

Answer 1

Given data:

The total numbers of DVDs are n= 35.

The numbers of DVDs received as gift are g=8.

The number of DVDs received in three year are

`\begin{gathered} r=n-g \\ =35-8 \\ =27 \end{gathered}`

The number of the movies bought every year are,

`\begin{gathered} a=(27)/(3) \\ =9 \end{gathered}`

Thus, the number of the movies bought last year are 9.