Answer:
Total chocolates Jo bought for her birthday = 4.25 pounds
Step-by-step explanation:
Given - Fourteen pounds less than eight times the pounds of chocolate Jo got for her birthday is three more than four times the pounds of chocolate Jo got.
To find - How much chocolate did Jo get for her birthday?
Proof -
Let Jo bought total chocolates = x pounds
Then,
8x - 14 = 4x + 3
⇒8x - 4x = 3 + 14
⇒4x = 17
⇒x = [tex]\frac{17}{4}[/tex] = 4.25
∴ we get
Total chocolates Jo bought for her birthday = 4.25 pounds
Justification -
8(4.25) - 14 = 4(4.25) + 3
⇒34 - 14 = 17 + 3
⇒20 = 20
Satisfied.
