SOLUTION: The air show has 5 more biplanes and gliders. Together there are 23 flying machines. How many biplanes are there?

Question 673394: The air show has 5 more biplanes and gliders. Together there are 23 flying machines. How many biplanes are there?
Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The air show has 5 more biplanes then gliders. Together there are 23 flying machines. How many biplanes are there?
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Let # of gliders be "x".
Then # of biplanes is "x+5".
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Equation:
x + x+5 = 23
2x = 18
x = 9 (# of gliders)
x+5 = 14 (3 of biplanes)
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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