SOLUTION: i need help with this word problem! I want to give each child here 9 cookies, but i lack 11 cookies for that. if i gave 4 cookies to each child, i would have 9 left over. how many

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Question 670763: i need help with this word problem!
I want to give each child here 9 cookies, but i lack 11 cookies for that. if i gave 4 cookies to each child, i would have 9 left over. how many children are there? how many cookies do i have?
Answer by vleith(2983) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
let x be the number of children. You are told
9x+-+11+=+4x+%2B+9
5x+=+20
x+=+4
there are 4 kids.
4x%2B9+=+4%2A4+%2B+9+=+16%2B9+=+25 cookies