Amira and Malika are counting their school books. Amira has four times 7 less than the number of Malik's books.
If Amira has 29 books how many books does Malika have?
"Amira has four times 7 less than the number of Malik's books"
Do you mean Amira has 28 less than Malik ???
Poor phrasing of the question.
discrebe the kugmo
To find the number of books Malika has, we'll first need to determine the number of books that Amira has relative to Malika's count.
We are given that Amira has four times 7 less than the number of Malika's books. This can be represented as:
Amira's books = 4 * (Malika's books - 7)
We know that Amira has 29 books, so we can substitute this value into the equation:
29 = 4 * (Malika's books - 7)
Now, we need to isolate Malika's books. First, let's simplify the equation:
29 = 4 * Malika's books - 28
Next, let's isolate Malika's books by moving the constant term to the other side:
29 + 28 = 4 * Malika's books
57 = 4 * Malika's books
To find the value of Malika's books, divide both sides by 4:
57 / 4 = Malika's books
Malika's books ≈ 14.25
Since the number of books is typically a whole number, Malika would have approximately 14 books.