Question

Luke had 135 sticky lables,

Vicente had 990 Sticky lables,
and Haley had 570 sticky lables.
After Haley gave an equal number
of sticky lables to both boys,
Vicente had 4 times as many
sticky lables as Luke How many
Sticky lables did Haley have left ?

Answer 1

270 sticky labels

Explanation:

Given:

Labels Luke had = 135

Labels Vicente had = 990

Labels Haley had = 570

Let
`x` labels each be given by Haley to Vicente and Luke.

Now, Luke has
`135+x` labels while Vicente has
`990+x` labels.

As per question, Vicente has 4 times as many labels as Luke.

∴
`990+x=4(135+x)\\990+x=540+4x\\990-540=4x-x\\3x=450\\x=150`

Therefore, number of sticky labels given by Haley each to Vicente and Luke are 150.

Now, total sticky labels given by Haley are
`2x=2* 150=300`.

Sticky labels left with Haley are
`570 - 2x = 570 - 300 = 270`