SOLUTION: there were 12 toys in bag p and 66 toys in bag q. After mrs murry added the same number of toys to each bag, bag q had 3 times as many toys as bag p, How many toys did she add to e

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Question 932717: there were 12 toys in bag p and 66 toys in bag q. After mrs murry added the same number of toys to each bag, bag q had 3 times as many toys as bag p, How many toys did she add to each bag?
Answer by TimothyLamb(4379) About Me  (Show Source):
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x = toys added to each bag
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66 + x = 3(12 + x)
66 + x = 36 + 3x
2x = 30
x = 15
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