SOLUTION: Jerome has 602 stamps in his collection. This is 78 more stamps than 4 times the amount of stamps that Elliot has. How many stamps does Elliot have? Let s = the amount of stamps El

SOLUTION: Jerome has 602 stamps in his collection. This is 78 more stamps than 4 times the amount of stamps that Elliot has. How many stamps does Elliot have? Let s = the amount of stamps El

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Question 270716: Jerome has 602 stamps in his collection. This is 78 more stamps than 4 times the amount of stamps that Elliot has. How many stamps does Elliot have? Let s = the amount of stamps Elliot has.
Answer by solver91311(24713) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

Let

represent the number of Eliot's stamps. Then

represents the number of Jerome's stamps.

Solve for

John

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