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Edward had 12 more stamps than Pete. After Pete gave Edward 15 stamps, Edward had twice as many stamps as Pete. How many stamps did Pete have in the end?
2 years ago

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The BIG dum-dum
sorry dude i cant help u yet
2 years ago
oobleck
to start with,
e = p+12
e+15 = 2(p-15)
so,
p=57
so Pete wound up with 57-15=42
2 years ago

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