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To translate each problem into an equation and to find the number of interviews have Skip and Woody each.
Answer to Problem 10P
Required equation:
Woody has 6 jobs interviews.
Skip has 14 jobs interviews.
Explanation of Solution
Given information:
Skip had 8 fewer jobs interview than woody and together they had 20 jobs interview.
Calculation:
Let the number of jobs interview woody have =
According to the first condition:
Skip had number of jobs interview (8 fewer than woody) =
According to the second condition:
Total number of job interview =
Now, we need to solve it for x .
Add the like terms:
Subtract 8 from both sides of equation
Divide by 2 on both sides
Therefore, the number of job interview Woody has 6.
And the Skip has number of job interview=
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