Question

jesika and jaya have total 55 story books.if jaya has four times as many books as jesika has then find the number of books each one has.​

Answer 1

ANSWER:

JESIKA HAS 11 BOOKS

JAYA HAS 44 BOOKS

Step-by-step explanation:

let the number of books with jesika be x

let the number of books with jaya be    y

x+y=55

now from given we know that

y=4x

use this in equation 1

4x+x=55

5x=55

x=11

x+y=55

11+y=55

y=44