Sarah and Annie brought some quarters to an arcade. Sarah has 23 more quarters than Annie. The equation given below shows this relationship, where m represents the number of quarters Sarah has, and n represents the number of quarters Annie has. If Sarah has 33 quarters, how many quarters does Annie have?

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Jamie Anthony

Mathematics

25 July, 07:41

Sarah and Annie brought some quarters to an arcade. Sarah has 23 more quarters than Annie. The equation given below shows this relationship, where m represents the number of quarters Sarah has, and n represents the number of quarters Annie has. If Sarah has 33 quarters, how many quarters does Annie have?

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Esmeralda Hart · Answer 1

10 quarters

Step-by-step explanation:

They said Sarah has 33 quarters, which are 23 more than Annie has, so the answer is pretty simple, 33-23=10 quarters. So simply put Annie has 10 quarters. However if you want to use the given variables: m-23=n. So 33-23=n, 10=n. Easy : D