SOLUTION: mark and melinda collect baseball caps. mark has 7 more thn melinda. together, they have 115 caps. how many baseball caps does each of them have?

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Question 75371: mark and melinda collect baseball caps. mark has 7 more thn melinda. together, they have 115 caps. how many baseball caps does each of them have?
Answer by checkley75(3666) About Me  (Show Source):
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X+(X+7)=115
X+X=7=115
2X=115-7
2X=108
X=108/2
X=54 CAPS FOR MELINDA
54+7=61 CAPS FOR MARK
PROOF
54+61=115
115=115