bill and greg have 116 stickers. greg got 16 less than bill. how many did each get

Question

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Answer 1

Let's assume Bill has x stickers.

Then Greg has x-16 stickers

x + (x-16) = 116

2x-16=116

2x=132

x=66 the number of Bill's stickers

66-16=50 the number of Greg's stickers