Question

the certain country, the number of character schools is 8 less than twice the number of the alternative school.
we know that there are 36 character schools in the country how many alternative schools are in the county?

A: 44
B: 22
C: 14
D: 30

Answer 1

36=2x-8

The equation represents the story problem. X equals the number of charter schools.

You will eliminate -8 by adding 8 to both sides

44=2x

Then to isolate x you divide by 2.

22=x

Then answer is B: 22