Question

In a certain county, the number of Charter Schools is six less than twice the number of Alternative Schools. We know that there are 52 Charter Schools in the county. How many Alternative Schools are in the county?

Answer 1

start by calling the number of alternative schools say \(x\) then we can say that the number of charter schools is \(2x-6\) i.e 6 less that twice the number of alternative schools. since the number of charter schools is 52, we can write
\[2x-6=52\] and solve for \(x\)

Answer 2

first add 6 to get
\[2x=58\] then divide by 2 and you are done