Question 892663
x is the amount the juan has.
3x is the amount that maria has.


maria gives juan 3 m&m.


she now has 3x - 3


he now has x + 3


shw now has 2 times as many m^m as he has.


3x-3 = 2*(x+3)


simplify this equation to get:


3x-3 = 2x+6


subtract 2x from both sides of this equation and add 3 to both sides of this equation to get:


x = 9


x is equal to the amount that juan has.


juan has 9
maria has 27.


maria has 3 times as many as juan.


maria gives juan 3.


maria has 24
juan has 12


maria now has 2 times as many as juan has.


formula is good.


solution is:


maria now has 24
juan now has 12