Question

Javier has a basket of oranges and apples. The number of oranges is 2 more than twice the number of apples in the basket. The difference of

half the number of oranges and half the number of apples is 4.
An equation created to find the number of apples Javier has in the basket will have

Answer 1

Let X be the number of apples and Y be the number of oranges.

Y = 2X+2 (Y - 2X = 2)

0.5Y - 0.5X = 4 (multiply by -2)

-Y + X = - 8

By adding both equations

-X = - 6 then X = 6

Explanation: