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.

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