SOLUTION: Together, Tom and max have 72 cards. tom has 2 more than 4 times as many cards as max has. how many cards does tom have?

Question 903203: Together, Tom and max have 72 cards. tom has 2 more than 4 times as many cards as max has. how many cards does tom have?
Found 2 solutions by ewatrrr, stanbon:
Answer by ewatrrr(24785) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
x Max's amount
(4x +2) + x = 72
x = 14,Max's amount. Tom has 58
and...
58 + 14 = 72
Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Together, Tom and max have 72 cards. tom has 2 more than 4 times as many cards as max has. how many cards does tom have?
===============
Equations:
t + m = 72 cards
t = 4m + 2
----------
Substitute for "t" and solve for "m"::
4m+2 + m = 72
5m = 70
m = 14 (# of cards max has)
-----
Solve for "t"::
t = 4m+2
t = 4*14+2 = 58 (# of cards tom has)
--------------
Cheers,
Stan H.
--------------
RELATED QUESTIONS
MAX HAS 2 TIMES AS MANY BASEBALL CARDS AS CAL. TOGETHER THEY HAVE 60 BASEBALL CARDS. HOW... (answered by nyc_function)
There are 104 baseball cards total. Tom has 8 more cards than Mike. How many cards do... (answered by edjones)
Solve the word problem below using the steps given in the lesson above. Show your... (answered by Cromlix)
Naveah has 28 more cards than Gavin. Jackson has as many as Naveah and Gavin together.... (answered by jorel555)
Eric & Wyatt collect football cards. Eric has seven more than four times as many as... (answered by oscargut)
Yolonda has 7 more baseball cards than Jeff. Jeff has three times as many baseball cards... (answered by josgarithmetic,ikleyn)
Joe has 16 more baseball cards than football cards. He also noticed that of the total he... (answered by lynnlo)
otto and zoe have 28 math cards . otto has 4 more cards than zoe. how many cards does... (answered by ewatrrr)
David and Peter have a total of 140 cards. Peter and Jonathan have a total of 260 cards.... (answered by CubeyThePenguin,ikleyn)