Question

Ваня и Дима играли в шашки, всего шашек на доске было 17! У Вани на 5 шашек меньше, чем у Димы. По сколько шашек было у каждого?

Answer 1

17-5=12 у Димы

17-12=5 у Вани

Answer 2

Problem Analysis

We are given that Vanya and Dima were playing checkers, and there were a total of 17 checkers on the board. Vanya had 5 checkers fewer than Dima. We need to determine how many checkers each of them had.

Solution

Let's assume that Dima had x checkers. Since Vanya had 5 checkers fewer than Dima, Vanya would have x - 5 checkers.

According to the problem, the total number of checkers on the board was 17. Therefore, we can set up the following equation:

x + (x - 5) = 17

Simplifying the equation, we get:

2x - 5 = 17

Adding 5 to both sides of the equation, we get:

2x = 22

Dividing both sides of the equation by 2, we get:

x = 11

Therefore, Dima had 11 checkers, and Vanya had 11 - 5 = 6 checkers.

So, Dima had 11 checkers and Vanya had 6 checkers.

Answer

Dima had 11 checkers, and Vanya had 6 checkers.