Question

Jackie's report is 5 pages longer than half the number of pages in Kane's report.

Answer 1

There are 14 pages in Kane's report. How many pages are there in Jackie's report?

Answer 2

@phi

Answer 3

what is
half the number of pages in Kane's report ?

Answer 4

7

Answer 5

what is 5 pages longer than 7 pages?

Answer 6

12

Answer 7

do you see that is the answer ?

Answer 8

so Jackie has 12 pages in her report?

Answer 9

yes.
we did 5 + Kane/2

Answer 10

Okay thank you

Answer 11

the "thinking" part is what is important to learn. If it is not clear in your mind, try to puzzle out why not, and try to understand how we did this