Translate into an equation and solve. the sum of two numbers is thirty-three. six times the smaller is equal to five times the larger. find the larger number.

Nick has box brads. he uses 4 brads for the first project. nick let’s b represent the original number of brads and finds that for the second project, the number of brads he uses is 8 more than half the difference of b and 4. write an expression to represent the number of brads he uses for the second project.