Question 17 — IGCSE 0580 Oct/Nov 2024 Paper 13
Cambridge IGCSE Mathematics 0580, Core tier, non-calculator. Topic: Algebra · Basic algebra. Worth 4 marks.
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17 Ed has n books.
Sam has 3 times as many books as Ed
Jane has 2 books fewer than Sam.
The total number of books is 54.
Use this information to write down an equation and solve it to find the value of n.
n = ................................................ [4]
1 11
SIHT
NI
ETIRW
TON
OD
NIGRAM
SIHT
NI
ETIRW
TON
O
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