Two shelves contain 55 books. if half of the books from the second shelf were relocated to the first shelf, then the first shelf would contain 4 times more books than the second one. how many books are there on each shelf?

Books in shelf one are 33 and in shelf two are 22.

Step-by-step explanation:

Let the two shelves contain x and y books.

So from first statement of the question

x + y = 55-------------(1)

y + 2x = 4y

3y = 2x ⇒ -------(2)

Now we put the value of x from equation 2 to equation 1

y = 22

Since x + y = 55 ⇒ 22 + x = 55

x = 33

So shelf one is having 33 books and shelf two is having 22 books.

answer: 1+1

step-by-step explanation: 1+1 is at least 2