Rick and Jim are working at the concession stand at the school basketball game. Rick sells 17 more burgers than Jim.The equation given below shows this relationship, where g represents the number of burgers Rick sells, and h represents the number of burgers Jim sells.If Rick sells 51 burgers, how many burgers does Jim sell? A. 68 B. 30 C. 85 D. 34
Question
Rick and Jim are working at the concession stand at the school basketball game. Rick sells 17 more burgers than Jim.The equation given below shows this relationship, where g represents the number of burgers Rick sells, and h represents the number of burgers Jim sells.If Rick sells 51 burgers, how many burgers does Jim sell? A. 68 B. 30 C. 85 D. 34
Solution
The problem states that Rick sells 17 more burgers than Jim. This can be represented by the equation g = h + 17, where g represents the number of burgers Rick sells and h represents the number of burgers Jim sells.
We are told that Rick sells 51 burgers, so we can substitute g with 51 in the equation:
51 = h + 17
To find the number of burgers Jim sells (h), we need to isolate h. We can do this by subtracting 17 from both sides of the equation:
51 - 17 = h + 17 - 17
This simplifies to:
34 = h
So, Jim sells 34 burgers. The answer is D. 34.
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