SOLUTION: rita has two more than three times the number of baseball cards then ben has. if rita gave ben 12 card,they would have the same number of cards. how many cards did rita start with?

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: rita has two more than three times the number of baseball cards then ben has. if rita gave ben 12 card,they would have the same number of cards. how many cards did rita start with? This question is from textbook crossing the river with dogs,problem solving for college students

Answer by jojo14344(1513) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

, no of bb cards of Ben
,no. of bb cards of Rita - 2 more 3 times than Ben
Condition:
If Rita gives 12 cards, they have equal number of bb cards.
Putting into eqn,
-------> working eqn

---->
no. of cards originally Ben has
For Rita, ANSWER (original no. of bb cards)
Check via condition:

same numbers of bb cards
Thank you,
Jojo
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