Homework Help: math

Posted by christian on Tuesday, December 8, 2009 at 5:37pm.

there are 40 people at a picnic there are 4 more children than adults how many of each are there

math - Ms. Sue, Tuesday, December 8, 2009 at 5:44pm
Let a represent the number of adults. Solve for a.

a + a + 4 = 40
2a + 4 = 40
2a = 36
a = 18

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