Question

Shameeka sold her hamsters to a pet store. This doubled the number of hamsters in the store. Then the store got six more hamsters. If the pet store has 46 hamsters now, how many did shameeka sell to the store

Answer 1

Answer: shameeka sold 20 hamsters to the store.

Explanation:

Let x represent the number of hamsters that shameeka sold to the store.

Let y represent the number of hamsters that the pet store had initially.

Shameeka sold her hamsters to a pet store. This doubled the number of hamsters in the store. It means that

x + y = 2y

x = 2y - y

x = y

Then the store got six more hamsters. If the pet store has 46 hamsters now, it means that

2y + 6 = 46

2y = 46 - 6

2y = 40

y = 40/2

y = 20

Since x = y, then

x = 20