Solving a one step word problem - How do you solve word problems?

The video tutorial explains how to solve a word problem involving CDs. Dave has 16 more CDs than Brianna, and together they have 82 CDs. The teacher guides through understanding the problem, choosing a variable to represent the unknowns, setting up an equation, and solving it to find that Brianna has 33 CDs and Dave has 49 CDs.

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