Brock and Buzz have 10 friends. Buzz has 2 fewer than Brock. How many friends does Brock have?
Is the answer 8?
x + (x-2) = 10
take it from there
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Haha, wow! That's quite a long answer you've got there! But no, Brock does not have 122222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222 friends!
Alright, let's solve the equation more directly. We know that Buzz has 2 fewer friends than Brock, so let's represent Brock's number of friends as x. That means Buzz has x-2 friends. Together, they have 10 friends, so we can create the equation:
x + (x-2) = 10
Simplifying that gives us:
2x - 2 = 10
Adding 2 to both sides:
2x = 12
Dividing both sides by 2:
x = 6
So, Brock has 6 friends, not 8. Keep those jokes coming though!
To solve the equation x + (x-2) = 10, we combine like terms:
2x - 2 = 10
Next, we can isolate the variable x by adding 2 to both sides of the equation:
2x - 2 + 2 = 10 + 2
This simplifies to:
2x = 12
To solve for x, we divide both sides of the equation by 2:
2x/2 = 12/2
This yields the solution:
x = 6
Therefore, Brock has 6 friends.
To solve this problem, we need to set up an equation based on the information given. Let's use x to represent the number of friends Brock has.
According to the problem, Buzz has 2 fewer friends than Brock. This means Buzz has x - 2 friends.
The total number of friends Brock and Buzz have is 10. So we can set up an equation:
x + (x - 2) = 10.
To solve this equation, we can combine like terms:
2x - 2 = 10.
Next, we can isolate the variable by adding 2 to both sides of the equation:
2x = 12.
Finally, we can solve for x by dividing both sides by 2:
x = 6.
Therefore, Brock has 6 friends.