original:
Beena ---- x
Alisha --- x+114
after give-away:
Beena ---- x+96
Alisha ---- x+114 - 96 = x + 18
x+96 = 2(x+18)
solve for x
Alisha had 114 more beads than Beena. After Alisha gave 96 beads to Beena, Beena had twice as many beads as Alisha. How many beads did Beena have at first?
1 answer