Eva and Jamir like to bake cookies. Eva baked 24 chocolate chip cookies, and Jamir baked p peanut butter cookies. Together they baked a total of 56 cookies.Write an equation to describe this situation.How many cookies did Jamir bake?
Q. Eva and Jamir like to bake cookies. Eva baked 24 chocolate chip cookies, and Jamir baked p peanut butter cookies. Together they baked a total of 56 cookies.Write an equation to describe this situation.How many cookies did Jamir bake?
Define Variables: Let's define the variables for the cookies. Let Eva's cookies be represented by a fixed number since we know she baked 24 chocolate chip cookies. Let Jamir's cookies be represented by the variable p since we don't know how many peanut butter cookies he baked. Together, they baked a total of 56 cookies. We can write the equation as:24+p=56
Solve for p: Now, we will solve for p to find out how many cookies Jamir baked. We subtract 24 from both sides of the equation to isolate the variable p.24+p−24=56−24p=32
Check Solution: We should check our math to ensure there are no errors. If Eva baked 24 cookies and Jamir baked 32 cookies, together they baked:24+32=56This matches the total given in the problem, so our solution is correct.
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