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Question 1184107: Joshua and Ali made some bookmarks over two days. On Friday, Joshua
made 24 more bookmarks than Ali. On Saturday, Joshua made another
30 bookmarks and Ali made another 40 bookmarks. At the end of the two
days, Ali made 3/7 of the total number of bookmarks. Find the number of
bookmarks Joshua made.
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Joshua and Ali made some bookmarks over two days.
On Friday, Joshua made 24 more bookmarks than Ali.
On Saturday, Joshua made another 30 bookmarks and Ali made another 40 bookmarks.
At the end of the two days, Ali made 3/7 of the total number of bookmarks.
Find the number of bookmarks Joshua made.
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let j = no. made by Joshua originally
let a = no. made by Ali "
:
"On Friday, Joshua made 24 more bookmarks than Ali."
j = a + 24
"On Saturday, Joshua made another 30 bookmarks and Ali made another 40 bookmarks."
j = j + 30
j = (a+24) + 30
j = a + 54
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Now A's total: a + 40
" At the end of the two days, Ali made 3/7 of the total number of bookmarks."
(a+40) = (a+40 + j)
replace j with (a+54)
(a+40) = (a+40 + a+54)
a+40 = (2a + 94)
multiply 7
7(a+40) = 3(2a+94)
7a + 280 = 6a + 282
7a = 6a + 282 - 280
7a - 6a = 2
therefore now
2 + 40 = 42 is A's total after two days
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"Find the number of bookmarks Joshua made
j = a + 54
j = 2 + 54
j = 56 bookmarks after two days
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Check this:
42 = (56 + 42)

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Joshua and Ali made some bookmarks over two days. On Friday, Joshua
made 24 more bookmarks than Ali. On Saturday, Joshua made another
30 bookmarks and Ali made another 40 bookmarks. At the end of the two
days, Ali made 3/7 of the total number of bookmarks. Find the number of
bookmarks Joshua made.
Please help

Let number of bookmarks Joshua made on Friday, be J
Then number of bookmarks Ali made on Friday = J - 24
As Joshua made 30 more on Saturday, he made J + 30 over the 2 days
And, as Ali made 40 on Saturday, his total over 2 days was: J - 24 + 40, or J + 16
Total bookmarks made over the 2 days: J + 30 + J + 16, or 2J + 46
With Ali ending up with a total that's of the total number of bookmarks made, we have:
7J + 112 = 3(2J + 46) ------- Multiplying by LCD, 7
7J + 112 = 6J + 138
7J - 6J = 138 - 112
Number of bookmarks Joshua made on Friday, or J = 26
Number of bookmarks Joshua made over a 2-day period: