Question

A textbook store sold a combined total of 331 physics and sociology textbooks in a week. The number of sociology textbooks sold was 45 less than the number
of physics textbooks sold. How many textbooks of each type were sold?

Answer 1

Answer: Number of sociology books sold = 143 books

              Number of physics books sold = 143 + 45 = 188 books

Step-by-step explanation:

Let us take the number of sociology books sold = x

Number of physics books sold = x+45

So now we can form an equation

x+x+45 = 331

2x+45 = 331

2x = 331-45

2x = 286

x = 286 ÷ 2

x = 143