A textbook store sold a combined total of 297 chemistry and physics textbook in a week. The nimber of chemistry textbooks sold was 83 more than the number of physics textbooks sold. How many textbooks of each type were sold

Respuesta :

make physics textbooks x

297=x+x+83

297=2x+83

subtract 83 on both sides

214=2x

divide by 2 on both sides

107=x

107 physics textbooks


107+83=190

190 chemistry textbooks