Together, tom and max have 72 football cards, tom has 2 more than 4 times as many cards as max has, how many football cards does tom have?

58

Step-by-step explanation:

Let t and m represent the numbers of cards had by Tom and Max, respectively. Then the problem statement tells us ...

We want to solve for t. If we multiply the first equation by 4 and subtract the second, we get ...

... 4(t +m) -(4m +2) = 4(72) -(t)

... 4t +4m -4m -2 = 288 -t . . . . . . . eliminate parentheses

... 5t = 290 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . add t+2, collect terms

... t = 58 . . . . . . . . divide by the coefficient of t

Alternate Solution

You can work this in your head if you realize that subtacting 2 from the total means that Max has 1/5 of the new amount. 1/5 of 70 is 14, so Tom has 72 - 14 = 58 cards.

7

step-by-step explanation:

i'm assuming you need to figure out how many campers go into each tent.

i got the answer by:

24+4=28

28/4=7