SOLUTION: Alice and Julie start with the same number of pens. After Alice gives 16 of her pens to Julie, Julie then has two times as many pens as Alice does. How many pens did Alice have at

Question 1121108: Alice and Julie start with the same number of pens. After Alice gives 16 of her pens to Julie, Julie then has two times as many pens as Alice does. How many pens did Alice have at the start?
Answer by josgarithmetic(39616) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Each starts with x pens.

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