Question

Patricia owned so many posters that she decided to sell 64 of them to her friends. After selling the posters, she still had 176 left. Write and solve an equation to find the number of posters p Patricia had originally.

Answer 1

p-64=176

p=240.

Explanation:

Since she gave away 64 posters, she originally had 64 more posters than she does now. So, p-64=176, p=176+64, or p=240.

Answer 2

p - 64 = 176

Explanation: