document.write( "Question 510894: two girls each have a different number of candies. jasmine said if you give me 5 i will have as many you. Wendy said if you give me 5 i will have twice as many as you.how many candies did each girl have?
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Let j = original no. Jasmine had
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\n" ); document.write( "two girls each have a different number of candies.
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\n" ); document.write( "\"jasmine said if you give me 5 i will have as many you.\"
\n" ); document.write( "j + 5 = w - 5
\n" ); document.write( "j = w - 5 - 5
\n" ); document.write( "j = w - 10
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\n" ); document.write( "Wendy said if you give me 5 i will have twice as many as you
\n" ); document.write( "w + 5 = 2(j-5)
\n" ); document.write( "w + 5 = 2j - 10
\n" ); document.write( "w = 2j - 10 - 5
\n" ); document.write( "w = 2j - 15
\n" ); document.write( "replace j with (w-10)
\n" ); document.write( "w = 2(w-10) - 15
\n" ); document.write( "w = 2w - 20 - 15
\n" ); document.write( "w - 2w = -35
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\n" ); document.write( "w = 35 candies had Wendy
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