Question

Manuel painted 4 houses over the summer. John painted x houses. Patrick painted 2 houses. They painted 9 houses in all. How many houses did John paint? Not sure if it's x-(4+2)=9 or is it x+(4+2)=9

Answer 1

4+x+2=9

Answer 2

[AI-generated answer — Explain Bot]

To determine how many houses John painted, we can set up an equation using the given information.

We know that Manuel painted 4 houses and Patrick painted 2 houses. So, the total number of houses painted by Manuel and Patrick is 4 + 2 = 6.

The problem states that they painted 9 houses in total. Therefore, the remaining number of houses painted by John can be represented by 9 - 6 = 3.

So, John painted 3 houses.