Answer:
Johnny had 5 items and Bobby had 13 items.
Step-by-step explanation:
Let us assume that Johnny has x items and Bobby has y items in their list.
Bobby had 3 more than twice as many items on it than Johnny. So,
[tex]\Rightarrow y=3+2x[/tex] ----------1
Johnny asked for 8 fewer items than bobby. So,
[tex]\Rightarrow y-8=x[/tex] -----------2
Putting the value of x from equation 2 in equation 1, we get
[tex]\Rightarrow y=3+2(y-8)[/tex]
[tex]\Rightarrow y=3+2y-16[/tex]
[tex]\Rightarrow 2y-y=16-3[/tex]
[tex]\Rightarrow y=13[/tex]
Putting the value of y in equation 2,
[tex]\Rightarrow 13-8=x[/tex]
[tex]\Rightarrow x=5[/tex]
So, Johnny had 5 items and Bobby had 13 items.
