SOLUTION: During one calendar year, a state trooper issued a total of 375 citations for warnings and speeding tickets. Of these, there were 37 more warnings than speeding tickets. How many
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Question 212623: During one calendar year, a state trooper issued a total of 375 citations for warnings and speeding tickets. Of these, there were 37 more warnings than speeding tickets. How many warnings and how many speeding tickets were issued? Answer by checkley77(12844) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! w+s=375
w=s+37
s+37+s=375
2s=375-37
2s=338
s=338/2
s=169 speeding tickets.
w+169=375
w=375-169
w=206 warning tickets.
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