Dan had 42 books in his library. he bought several books at a yard sale over the weekend. he now has 58 books in his library. how many books did he buy at the yard sale?write a equation to solve each problem then solve the equation
Mathematics · High School · Tue Nov 03 2020
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Given :
Books in Dan's library before yard sale = 42
Total books in library after yard sale = 58
Let the number of book bought at yard sale be x
Then, x + 42 = 58
x = 58 - 42
x = 16
Thus, Dan bought 16 books from yard sale.