SOLUTION: ron has twice as many coins as david. after ron gives david two of his coins they noticed that they each have the same number of coins. how many coins do ron and david each have no

Question 1134958: ron has twice as many coins as david. after ron gives david two of his coins they noticed that they each have the same number of coins. how many coins do ron and david each have now after the transaction.
Answer by josgarithmetic(39623) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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rRon ~~has~~ HAD twice as many coins as David. after RON gives david two of his coins they noticed that they each have the same number of coins. how many coins do Ron and David each have now after the transaction?.
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BEFORE:
r and d;

AFTER:
r-2 and d+2;

David originally had 4 coins and Ron had 8 coins.

After the transaction, each of them had 6 coins.
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