SOLUTION: Hi Howard had 40% more stickers than ivan .Howard gave away some stickers and the number decreased by 60%. Both had a total of 468 stickers in the end. How many did Howard give a

Question 1199872: Hi
Howard had 40% more stickers than ivan .Howard gave away some stickers and the number decreased by 60%. Both had a total of 468 stickers in the end. How many did Howard give away.
Thanks
Answer by greenestamps(13203) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

Let x be the number Ivan had
Then 1.4x is the number Howard had

Howard gave away 60% of his, so he had 40% of his original number left:
(.4)(1.4x) = .56x = number Howard had at the end

Together they had 468 stickers at the end:

x+.56x = 468
1.56x = 468
x = 468/1.56 = 300

number Ivan had: x = 300
number Howard had originally: 1.4x = 420
number Howard gave away: .6(1.4x) = .84x = .84(300) = 252

ANSWER: 252

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