Question

[1] Suppose you send about 12 text messages a day, and your older sister sends more text messages than you do. Together, you send a total of about 26 messages per day. About how many text messages does she send a day?
-! Write an equation and solve for the unknown value. !-


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Answer 1

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• [1] Suppose you send about 12 text messages a day, and your older sister sends more text messages than you do. Together, you send a total of about 26 messages per day. About how many text messages does she send a day? Write an equation and solve for the unknown value?

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Given :-

Total number of messages sent by me per day = 12

Let the total number of messages sent by my sister per day = 12 + x

Total number of messages sent by us per day = 26

So to find the number of messages sent by my sister = total number of messages sent by us per day - total number of messages sent by me

= 26 - 12

= 14

Hence, my sister sends 14 messages per day.

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Answer 2

Step-by-step explanation:

Total number of messages sent by me per day = 12

Let the total number of messages sent by my sister per day = 12 + x

Total number of messages sent by us per day = 26

So to find the number of messages sent by my sister = total number of messages sent by us per day - total number of messages sent by me

= 26 - 12

= 14

Hence, my sister sends 14 messages per day.