On the puzzle page of a newspaper this problem is proposed:
“Two children, Antonio and José, have 160 comics. Antonio counts his by 7 by 7 and there are 4 left over. José counts his 8 by 8 and he also has 4 left over. How many comics does he have each?" In the next issue of the newspaper this solution is given: “Antonio has 60 comics and José has 100.”
Analyze this solution and indicate what a mathematician would do with this problem. number theorysystem of equationsSystemalgebra