SOLUTION: If each employee in a certain bank will be given three ball pens from the available supply, one of them would have to be satisfied with only two. But if each employee will be gi

Question 960743: If each employee in a certain bank will be given three ball pens from the available supply, one of them would have to be satisfied with only two. But if each employee will be given two ball pens, 8 ball pens would remain. How many ball pens are available?
Answer by macston(5194) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
E=number of employees; N=number of pens
3E-1=N
2E+8=N Substitute for N
3E-1=2E+8 Subtract 2E from each side.
E-1=8 Add 1 to each side.
E=9 There are 9 employees.
3E-1=N
3(9)-1=N
27-1=N
26=N ANSWER: There are 26 pens.
CHECK:
2E+8=N
2(9)+8=26
26=26
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