Mr. Khater and Mr. Beck are both into collecting comics. Mr. Beck has 5 more than 5 times as many comics as Mr. Khater. Together they have 65 comics. Create a system of equations to represent the scenario above

Question

Mr. Khater and Mr. Beck are both into collecting comics. Mr. Beck has 5 more than 5 times as many comics as Mr. Khater. Together they have 65 comics. Create a system of equations to represent the scenario above

Answer 1

Let's represent the number of comics Mr. Khater has as K, and the number of comics Mr. Beck has as B.

From the first sentence, we can write the equation: B = 5K + 5

And from the second sentence, we can write the equation: K + B = 65

So the system of equations representing the scenario is:
B = 5K + 5
K + B = 65