During the spring car wash, the activities club washed 14 fewer cars than during the summer car wash. they washed a total of 96 cars during both car washes. how many cars did they wash during the spring car wash?

You can make an equation to solve this, but establishing knowns, unknowns, and relationships.

# in spring wash = x
# in summer       = x + 14
Total Washes     = 96

we know:
total = summer + spring

96 = (x) + (x + 14)
96 = 2x + 14
82 = 2x

"x" = 41