Question

Jaci has $4 more than Shea. Together they have $60. How much does each have?

Let s = Shea's money.
Let s + 4 = Jaci's money.

Answer 1

The problem would be: s + s +4 = 60
Which can be rewritten as: 2s + 4 = 60
Using the Subtraction Property, we can get: 2s = 56

And the final step would be using the Division Property to isolate s. Divide each side by 2 to get the answer. So:

s = 28

Shea's money is $28 dollars and Jaci's is four more than that, $32.