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  • 21-03-2020
  • Mathematics
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Katie gives Maggie half of her pencils. Maggie keeps 5 pencils and gives the rest to jamil. Write an expression for the number of pencils Maggie gives to jamil

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martin58853 martin58853
  • 25-03-2020

Answer:

Y=( x/2 )- 5

Where y is the number of pencils given to Jamil and 5 is the one kept by Maggie.

Step-by-step explanation:

Let's call the number of Katie pencil (x ).

So Katie gave half of her pencils to Maggie.(1/2x)

So Maggie keeps five pencils and give the rest to Jamil.

So

X/2 = 5 + y

Where y is the number of pencils given to Jamil and 5 is the one kept by Maggie.

Y=( x/2 )- 5

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