Jack has $4 More than shea. Together they have $60. how much dose each have?

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Answer 1 · 2016-12-10T15:14:38

Jack has $32 and Shea has $28.

First, let's define our variables.

Let's call the money Jack has $j$ $j$ .

Let's call the money Shea has $s$ $s$ .

We can now write two equations we can use to solve by substitution.

$j = s + $ 4$ $j = s + $4$ Because Jack has $4 more than Shea.

$j + s = $ 60$ $j + s = $60$ Because together they have $60.

We can now substitute $s + $ 4$ $s + $4$ for $j$ $j$ in the second equation and solve for $s$ $s$ :

$s + $ 4 + s = $ 60$ $s + $4 + s = $60$

$2 s + $ 4 = $ 60$ $2s + $4 = $60$

$2 s + $ 4 - $ 4 = $ 60 - $ 4$ $2s + $4 - $4 = $60 - $4$

$2 s = $ 56$ $2s = $56$

$\frac{2 s}{2} = \frac{$ 56}{2}$ $(2s)/2 = ($56)/2$

$s = $ 28$ $s = $28$

We can now substitute this into the first equation and calculate $j$ $j$ :

$j = $ 28 + $ 4$ $j = $28 + $4$

$j = $ 32$ $j = $32$