Based on the Census, state A has 11 fewer electoral votes for president than state B. If the total number of electoral votes for these two states is 87 , find the number for each state.
1. UNDERSTAND the problem. Reread it as many times as needed.
Let x represent the number of electoral votes in state B.
Then __?___ represents the number of electoral votes for state A.
(Type an expression using x as the variable.)

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Trent wants to buy 2 packs of trading cards for 3 dollars each. the trading card packs that trent normally buys tend to come in packs of 6, 10, 12, or 15 cards. after selecting 2 packs, trent found that the first pack of cards cost 25 cents per card, and the second pack cost 30 cents per card. trent uses this information to write the equations below in order to compare c, the number of cards in each pack.

You were told that the amount of time lapsed between consecutive trades on the new york stock exchange followed a normal distribution with a mean of 15 seconds. you were also told that the probability that the time lapsed between two consecutive trades to fall between 16 to 17 seconds was 13%. the probability that the time lapsed between two consecutive trades would fall below 13 seconds was 7%. what is the probability that the time lapsed between two consecutive trades will be between 14 and 15 seconds?