Chris has saved twice the number of quarters that Nora saved plus .
Let be the number of quarters Nora saved.
The expression is .
The number of quarters Chris saved is also five times the difference of the number of quarters and that Nora has saved.
The expression is .
The equation is .
Find the number of quarters they each have saved.
\ (Original equation)
(Distributive property:
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(Subtract
from each side)
(Apply additive inverse property :
)
(Subtract
from each side)
(Apply additive inverse property :
)
(Divide each side by
)
(Cancel common terms)
Substitute for
to find the number of quarters Chris saved.
Therefore, Nora saved quarters and Chris saved
quarters.
Nora saved quarters and Chris saved
quarters.