SOLUTION: I`m not sure if I`m at the right forum. My daughter brought her homework home tonight and I have no idea how to help her. We have tried adding India and the 5,985 that Ukraine has.

Question 13198: I`m not sure if I`m at the right forum. My daughter brought her homework home tonight and I have no idea how to help her. We have tried adding India and the 5,985 that Ukraine has. But I am stumped at how to get any number for the U.S. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

India, Ukraine, and the United States combined have more than 40,000 movie theaters. India has 8,975 theaters. Ukraine has 8,702 fewer than the U.S. and 5,985 more than India. How many theaters are in the U.S.?

Answer by akmb1215(68) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
First of all, assign variables to the different countries. I am going to use I for India, U for Ukraine, and S for United States.
You know that I = 8975 because it tells you so. The next sentence in the problem tells you and . Since you know I=8975, you can plug it into the second equation to find U: , so U = 14,960. Now that you know U, you can plug it into the first equation to figure out how many are in S: . To solve, move 8702 over to the left side of the equation by adding it to get: . There are 23,662 theaters in the US.
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