Dennis F.

asked • 01/07/16

Scott had some candy to share with 4 friends. He took 10 pieces for himself and evenly spit the rest with his friend. How many pieces did each friend get

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Akeme U. answered • 01/07/16

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I have a clarification question. The end of your second sentence says "his friend". Do you mean friends. Also, what is the initial amount of candy he has? This changes the answer significantly. 
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Dennis F.

Yes his friends and it didn't give amount.   I'm thinking it was a miss print
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Akeme U.

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I see. If you can get that information, we can solve it. 
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Dennis F.

My daughter's teacher just sent her an email and said he left part of the problem out.  There was a total of 38 pieces of candy.  We got it now.  Thanks for your help i thought i was going nuts since i couldn't figure it out
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