SOLUTION: please help me solve a man has two boxes of matches. he uses 5 matches and ha 75 matches left. how many matches were in each box

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Question 1183199: please help me solve
a man has two boxes of matches. he uses 5 matches and ha 75 matches left. how many matches were in each box

Found 2 solutions by greenestamps, ikleyn:
Answer by greenestamps(13200) About Me  (Show Source):
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Let x be the number of matches in each box.

He had two boxes, so the number of matches he had was 2x.

He used 5 matches, so the number he has left is 2x-5.

The number of matches he has left is 75:

2x-5=75
2x=75%2B5=80
x+=+2x%2F2+=+80%2F2+=+40

ANSWER: 40 matches in each box

Answer by ikleyn(52781) About Me  (Show Source):
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Add the two numbers, 5 and 75; then divide the sum by 2.


It is a kindergarten level of complexity problem.