Question

You and your friend are selling magazine subscriptions for a fundraiser. After w w weeks, you have sold (3w+4) subscriptions and your friend has sold (5w+1) subscriptions. After 5 weeks, your friend has sold how many more subscriptions than you?

Answer 1

Answer:  My friend has sold 7 subscriptions more than me after 5 weeks.

Step-by-step explanation:  Given that me and my friend are selling magazine subscriptions for a fundraiser. After w weeks, I have sold (3w+4) subscriptions and your friend has sold (5w+1) subscriptions.

We are to find the number of subscriptions that my friend has sold more than me after 5 weeks.

We have

the number of subscriptions sold by me after 5 weeks will be

$S_5=3\times5+4=15+4=19,$

and the number of subscriptions sold by my friend after 5 weeks will be

$S'_5=5\times5+1=25+1=26.$

Therefore,

$S'_5-S_5=26-19=7.$

Thus, my friend has sold 7 subscriptions more than me after 5 weeks.

Answer 2

The answer is 7 cause it's 7