Asked by Marie
deshawn and Luke had an equal number of stickers. After deshawn used 26 stickers and Luke lost 38 stickers. deshawn had twice as many stickers as Luke. how many stickers did each of them have in the beginning ?
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Answered by
Jai
let x = initial number of stickers
then set up the equation:
x-26 = 2(x-38)
x - 26 = 2x - 76
-x = -76 + 26
-x = -50
x = 50 stickers
hope this helps~ :)
then set up the equation:
x-26 = 2(x-38)
x - 26 = 2x - 76
-x = -76 + 26
-x = -50
x = 50 stickers
hope this helps~ :)
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