15) John has $25 more in his account than Jess. Jess has $35. Write and solve an equation to represent how much John has in his account.
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to solve this question, we need to write out an equation to relate both accounts
first of all,
let John be represented by x
let Jess be represented by y
from the question, John has $25 in his account more than Jess.
we can write that out as
[tex]x=y+25[/tex]the equation to represent John's account is written as x = y + 35
but we already know what Jess has in his account?
we can simply substitute the value into the equation and solve for x
[tex]\begin{gathered} y=35 \\ x=y+25 \\ x=35+25 \\ x=60 \end{gathered}[/tex]from the calculations above, John has $60 in his account