joey and john are playing with cards. if john gives joey one card, they will have an equal number of cards. when you square the number of cards joey has, the result is equal to four more than three times the number of cards john has. what is the total number of cards joey and john have?
joey and john are playing with cards. if john gives joey one card, they will have an equal number of cards. when you square the number of cards joey has, the result is equal to four more than three times the number of cards john has. what is the total number of cards joey and john have?
John has 7 cards and Joey has 5 cards. So, the total is 12 cards, because:
5^2=7 x 3 +4=25
