I don't get this? "In August 2013, there were more than 119,000 people on wait list"
Here's a word problem that's is not making sense to me.
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In August of 2013, there were more than 119,000 people on the waiting list for organ transplants. There were 113,162 people waiting for a kidney or a liver, and 81,528 fewer were waiting for a liver than for a kidney. How many were on the waiting list for a kidney? for a liver?
The answer is 94345 kidney and 15817 liver.
I can't get these answers. I don't get what fewer is referring to. Because to me it seems like simple subtraction but the answer says otherwise. Please help. thank you
Here's a word problem that's is not making sense to me.
.
In August of 2013, there were more than 119,000 people on the waiting list for organ transplants. There were 113,162 people waiting for a kidney or a liver, and 81,528 fewer were waiting for a liver than for a kidney. How many were on the waiting list for a kidney? for a liver?
The answer is 94345 kidney and 15817 liver.
I can't get these answers. I don't get what fewer is referring to. Because to me it seems like simple subtraction but the answer says otherwise. Please help. thank you