Word Problem

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David and Armitra had an equal number of marbles. After Armitra gave 50 marbles to David, he had 5 times as many marbles. Find the total number of marbles they had.

 

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David and Armitra had an equal number of marbles. After Armitra gave 50 marbles to David, he had 5 times as many marbles. Find the total number of marbles they had.

Start defining variables. Let

Total number of marbles = 2*T (to begin with David had T marbles and Armitra had T marbles)

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