Question 1184459
Much should be possible in just your first two sentences (with some writing-adjustment).


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Gillian and Ben had a total of 4850 toys. Ben had 3/7 as many as Gillian. 
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variable g for number of Gillian's toys at the start, then
 Ben had (3/7)g toys at the start.

{{{(3/7)g+g=4850}}}

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{{{highlight(g=3395)}}}
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