Asked by Emma
If matt has six times as many sitckers as tom. how many stickers dose he have to give tom so they can have 70 stickers each?
Answers
Answered by
Reiny
tom has x stickers
Matt has 6x stickers
there must have been a total of 140 stickers
x + 6x = 140
7x = 140
x = 20
Tom has 20 and Matt has 120
So Matt has to give 50 of them to Tom
check:
Tom: 20+50 = 70
Matt: 120-50 = 70
Yeahhh
Matt has 6x stickers
there must have been a total of 140 stickers
x + 6x = 140
7x = 140
x = 20
Tom has 20 and Matt has 120
So Matt has to give 50 of them to Tom
check:
Tom: 20+50 = 70
Matt: 120-50 = 70
Yeahhh