Together, two designers have to make 31 dresses in one month. Jane has to sew 5 more than her partner , aunt Tina. How many dresses does Jane have to make? 1. 13 2. 18 3. 23 4. 26 5. 36 The. Answer I have is 20 or 21 it's not on the list what am I doing wrong
x + x + 5 = 31
2x = 26
x = 13
Aunt Tina needs to make 13 dresses.
So the answer would be
31
-13
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18
To solve this problem, let's break it down step by step.
First, we know that Jane has to sew 5 more dresses than her partner, Aunt Tina. Let's call the number of dresses Aunt Tina has to sew x.
So, Jane has to sew x + 5 dresses.
Next, we know that together they have to make 31 dresses in total. So their combined effort can be represented as x + (x + 5) = 31.
To solve this equation, we can simplify and simplify it to 2x + 5 = 31.
Now, we can solve for x by subtracting 5 from both sides of the equation: 2x = 31 - 5, which gives us 2x = 26.
Finally, we divide both sides by 2 to find x, which is the number of dresses Aunt Tina has to sew: x = 26 / 2, giving us x = 13.
Therefore, Aunt Tina has to sew 13 dresses, and Jane has to sew x + 5, which is 13 + 5 = 18 dresses.
Since 18 is not on the list, it seems there might be an error in the list of answer choices.