Question

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?

Answer 1

Let n be the original amount of stickers each had. Then:
n-26=2(n-38)
n-26=2n-76
n=-26+76=50
They both had 50 stickers in the beginning
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