Elise and Miguel both collect baseball cards. Miguel has 8 more than 4 times as many cards as Elise. Together they have 993 cards. How many cards does each person have?

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anonymous · Answer

how many cards does each person have?

anonymous · Answer

Please help :(

judygreeneyes · Answer

OK, here it comes

anonymous · Answer

Thank you!  I think I know the answer, but I'm not sure…

anonymous · Answer

if it's correct

judygreeneyes · Answer

Elise has X cards.  Miguel has 4 times as many, plus 8, so he has 4X+8 cards.  Together, they have X + 4X+8 = 993 cards.
Now we solve for X.
Combine terms and move the numbers over to the right side:
5X +8 = 993
5X = 985
X = 197
So Elise has 197 cards.
This means that Miguel has 4*197 + 8 = 796 cards.
Double check:  197 + 796 = 993  Yay!!

anonymous · Answer

Thank you so much! Now I know I got it right on my assignment :)