SOLUTION: Both Sorang and Tom have an international stamp collection. Sorang has 370 stamps, which is twenty less than three times the number of stamps that are in Tom’s collection. How

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Question 259967: Both Sorang and Tom have an international stamp collection. Sorang has 370
stamps, which is twenty less than three times the number of stamps that are in
Tom’s collection. How many total stamps are in Tom’s international stamp collection?

Answer by mananth(16946) About Me  (Show Source):
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Let tom have x stamps.
Sorang has 370. this is less than 3 times tom's collection by 20
Threfore, 3x-20=370
solving the equation
3x= 370+20=390
x=390/3
x= 130.
Tom has 130 stamps.