Malia and john each bought 2 pounds of sunflower seeds each ate some seeds malia has 1 1/3 left and john has 1 2/5 pounds left who ate more sunflower seeds

It's like discovering the answer to a puzzle. the purpose in solving an equation is to find the value or values of the variable that makes it a true statement. any value of the variable that makes the equation true is called a solution to the equation.