SOLUTION: Alice and Buster are buying baseball cards. Alice buys 5 packs and 3 individual cards; Buster buys 3 packs and gives his sister 2 cards, he has exactly one half the number of card

Question 1097441: Alice and Buster are buying baseball cards. Alice buys 5 packs and 3 individual cards; Buster buys 3 packs and gives his sister 2 cards, he has exactly one half the number of cards as Alice. Hoe many cards are in each pack?
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Alice and Buster are buying baseball cards. Alice buys 5 packs and 3 individual cards; Buster buys 3 packs and gives his sister 2 cards, he has exactly one half the number of cards as Alice. Hoe many cards are in each pack?
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Let the number of cards in each pack be "p"
Alice has 5p+3 cards
Buster has 3p-2 cards
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Equation::
3p-2 = (1/2)(5p+3)
6p-4 = 5p+3
p = 7 cards (# in each pack)
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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