document.write( "Question 77871: ron has 63 books on 2 bookshelfs. the longer bookshelf has 5 more books than the shorter book shelf . how many book does the shorter bookshelf have? \n" ); document.write( "

Algebra.Com's Answer #55828 by ptaylor(2198) $\"\"$ $\"About$

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Let x=number of books on shorter bookshelf\r
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\n" ); document.write( "x+x+5=63 subtract 5 from both sides\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "x+x+5-5=63-5 collect like terms\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "2x=58 divide both sides by 2\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "x=29----------------------------number of books on shorter shelf-----ans
\n" ); document.write( "x+5=29+5=34--------------------------number of books on longer shelf\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "29+34=63
\n" ); document.write( "63=63
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\n" ); document.write( "29+5=34
\n" ); document.write( "34=34\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Hope this helps----ptaylor
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