Jose has a comic book collection that he keeps among 5 shelves with an equal number on each shelf. His father adds 20 comics books to the bottom shelf,so the shelf now has 125 books. How many total books are in his collection
If the bottom shelf has 125 books after Jose’s father adds 20, it had 125-20=<<125-20=105>>105 books before.
Since there is an equal number on each shelf, Jose has 105/5=<<105/5=21>>21 books on each shelf.
Since there are 5 shelves in total, Jose's comic collection has 5*21=<<5*21=105>>105 books. Answer: \boxed{105}.
Let's denote the number of comic books on each shelf as "x". Since Jose's father added 20 comic books to the bottom shelf, we can create the equation:
x + 20 = 125
To find the value of x, we need to isolate it on one side of the equation.
Subtracting 20 from both sides of the equation, we get:
x = 125 - 20
This simplifies to:
x = 105
Therefore, there are 105 comic books on each shelf.
To find the total number of books in his collection, we need to multiply the number of books on each shelf by the number of shelves. Since there are 5 shelves, the total number of comic books in Jose's collection is:
Total books = 105 * 5
This simplifies to:
Total books = 525
Therefore, there are 525 comic books in Jose's collection.
To calculate the total number of comic books in Jose's collection, we need to find out how many books are on each shelf and then multiply that by the number of shelves.
Let's break down the problem step by step:
1. The bottom shelf currently has 125 comic books after Jose's father added 20 books.
2. Before the addition, the number of comic books on the bottom shelf was 125 - 20 = 105.
Since "Jose has a comic book collection that he keeps among 5 shelves with an equal number on each shelf," we can conclude that the other shelves also have 105 comic books each.
3. The total number of comic books on the bottom shelf and the other shelves is 5 * 105 = 525.
Therefore, Jose has a total of 525 comic books in his collection.