Alvin, Brian and Charlie shared some comics among themselves. Alvin received (2/5) of them while Brian received (5/6) of what he and Charlie received altogether. If Alvin received 180 more comics than Charlie, how many comics did Brian receive?

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can you set this up the way I did your previous post?
How far do you get?
Hi, sorry got your response late
I didn't get pretty far. I didn't understand how to apply the same formula to this question
5/6 - Brian (1 half from what BOTH Brian and Charlie received)
2/5 - Alvin

Alvin got 180 MORE comics than Charlie

To find Charlie's and Brian's amount of comics:
5/6 x 2 = 5/3
So BOTH Charlie's and Brian's amount of comics is 5/3

Alvin received 180 MORE than Charlie
so...
180 + 2/5 (since that was Alvin's ORIGINAL AMOUNT) = 902/5

902 divided by 5 = 180.4 (the amount Alvin has NOW)
180.4 + 5/3 (Charlie's amount) = 182.1

and since BOTH Charlie and Brian have the same amount of comics...
Brian received 182 (rounded from 182.1) comics

This is my understanding of this question
Please correct me if I'm wrong