Question

Brandon and Jerry like to play video games. Brandon has

v
vv video games, and Jerry has
29
2929 video games. Together they have a total of
73
7373 video games.
Write an equation to describe this situation.

Answer 1

v + 29 = 73 This is the equation

44 is the answer to this equation. If you needed it

Explanation:

Brandon has an unknown amount of video games, which we're selling v, adn Jerry has 29 video games. All together, they have 73 video games.

You can represent the amount of games that Jerry and Brandon have as a sum (addition)

v + 29

You know that together they have 73 games

You can set the two expressions equal to describe this situation with an equation

v + 29 = 73

You can write this as 29 + v = 73, 73 = 29 + v, or 73 = v + 29

Anyone of the equations is correct

So the equation is v + 29 = 73 or any of the equations I listed

Answer 2

x + 29 = 73

Explanation:

Brandon = x Videogames

Jerry = 29 Videogames

brandon + Jerry = 73

x + 29 = 73