Alocal school held a charity coat drive for two months the school collected 269 coats in the first month 542 coats were collected in all how many coats did the school collect in the second month

School collected 273 coats in second month.

Step-by-step explanation:

Given

Total number of coats collected in 2 months = 542

Number of coats collected in first month = 269

We need to find the number of coat school collected in second month.

Solution:

Now we can say that;

Total number of coats collected in 2 months is sum of Number of coats collected in first month and Number of coats collected in Second month.

Also We can say that;

Number of coats collected in Second month is equal to Total number of coats collected in 2 months minus Number of coats collected in first month.

framing in equation form we get;

Number of coats collected in Second month =

Hence School collected 273 coats in second month.