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Question 1103962: Hi thomss and zack had some toy cars.they were given an equal number of toy cars and zack now had twice the number of toy cars as before. 2/3 of zacks toys were now 1/2 of Thomas toy cars. If zack had 36 more toys than Thomas now.
How many toy cars were given to them altogether.
How many toy cars did Thomas have at first.
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Hi thomss and zack had some toy cars.
they were given an equal number of toy cars and zack now had twice the number of toy cars as before.
2/3 of zacks toys were now 1/2 of Thomas toy cars.
If zack had 36 more toys than Thomas now.
How many toy cars were given to them altogether.
How many toy cars did Thomas have at first.
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Unclear, just can't make sense of this, what does "now had" or "were now" actually mean?