The cafeteria sold 7 fewer bowls of chicken soup than bowls of tomato soup. They sold 23 bowls of soup in all. How many bowls of chicken soup did the cafeteria sell?
___bowls of chicken soup
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8 bowls of chicken soup
Step-by-step explanation:
let the number of bowls of chicken soup be x.
Then, bowls of tomato soup will be x + 7.
x + x + 7 =23
2x +7=23
2x = 23-7= 16
x= 16/2
8
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