SOLUTION: shelly made 5 more sales calls than clark. shelly and clark made a total of 33 sales calls. how many sales calls did each make?

Question 952220: shelly made 5 more sales calls than clark. shelly and clark made a total of 33 sales calls. how many sales calls did each make?
Answer by macston(5194) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
c=no. of Clark's calls; S=no. of Shelly's calls=c+5
c+s=33 Substitute for s
c+(c+5)=33 Subtract 5 from each side.
2c=28 Divide each side by 2.
c=14 ANSWER 1: Clark made 14 sales calls.
s=c+5=14+5=19 ANSWER 2: Shelly made 19 sales calls.
CHECK:
c+s=33
14+19=33
33=33
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