Question

Joan has 143 action comics and 239 detective comics. Master Magus has 65 more action comics than Joan and 57 fewer detective comics than Joan. If both Joan and Master Magus combine their comics, then by what number is the total number of detective comics more/fewer than the total number of action comics?

Answer 1

Number of action comics Joan has $=143$
Number of detective comics Joan has $=239$
Number of action comics Master Magus has $=65$ more than Joan $=143+65$
$143+65=208$
Number of detective comics Master Magus has $=57$ fewer than Joan $=239-57$
$239-57=182$
Total number of action comics $=143+208=351$
Total number of detective comics $=239+182=421$
Difference between action comics and detective comics $=421-351=70$
421 is a greater number than 351. So, there are 70 more detective comics than action comics.