On Friday, Linda performed 17 haircuts. This was 7 more than twice the number of haircuts, h, she performed on Monday. How many haircuts did Linda perform on Monday?
Given that the 17 haircuts performed on Friday were 7 more than twice the haircuts on Monday (h), we can come up with the following equation: 2h + 7 = 17
By performing the various operations, 2h = 17 - 7 2h = 10 h = 10/2 h = 5 We can conclude that h (the number of haircuts Linda performed on Monday) is equal to 5.
