Problema Solution

A textbook store sold a combined total of

215

biology and physics textbooks in a week. The number of physics textbooks sold was

43

less than the number of biology textbooks sold. How many textbooks of each type were sold?

Answer provided by our tutors

Let 'x' represent the number of biology textbooks, then 43-x represents the number of physics textbooks. 

215=x+(43-x)

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x=129

215-129=86

So 86 physics textbooks and 129 biology textbooks.