SOLUTION: Hi Can you please help me to solve it in a equation method. luke had 22 more stickers than mike at first. mike gave 13 of his stickers to luke. Luke now has 4 times as many stick

Question 1140709: Hi
Can you please help me to solve it in a equation method.
luke had 22 more stickers than mike at first. mike gave 13 of his stickers to luke. Luke now has 4 times as many stickers as mike.How many stickers did mike have at first?
Thank you so much!
Answer by greenestamps(13200) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

In the beginning, Luke had 22 more than Mike:

let x = # Mike has to start
then x+22 = # Luke has to start

Then Mike gave Luke 13; so Luke has 13 more than before and Mike has 13 less:

(x+22)+13 = x+35 = # Luke now has
x-13 = # Mike now has

Now Luke has 4 times as many as Mike:

Solve using basic algebra....
RELATED QUESTIONS
Ken had 1 1/2 times as many bookmarks as Lionel. Mike had 3/4 as many bookmarks as Ken. (answered by 54929,Octo-pie7,papachick24025,greenestamps,josgarithmetic,MathTherapy)

Hi A V and W had a total of 510 stickers. The ratio of A to V stickers was 6:7 at first. (answered by Theo,ikleyn)

Hi Howard had 40% more stickers than ivan .Howard gave away some stickers and the number (answered by greenestamps)

Please help me with my assignment! Thank You very much :) Mike and Gerry can finish... (answered by jim_thompson5910)

Mike and larry each had a certain number of marbles. After giving 12 marbles to larry... (answered by stanbon,MathTherapy)

A box of stickers was shared among four children. Faith and Ayan took {{{1/2}}} of the... (answered by greenestamps)

mike and dan wanted to buy a present for their parents anniversary The anniversary was... (answered by scott8148)

Can you please explain how to do the math for equations please i have a test tomorrow.... (answered by stanbon,math_helper,ankor@dixie-net.com)

Hi This is Mike I was teaching my brother and I found this question, I tried alot... (answered by stanbon)