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Before translating the sentence into mathematics, let r represent 'a number'
5 times a number = 5r
2 times that number = 2r
The difference between them = 5r - 2r
* Your equation
5r - 2r
* Solving the equation
= 5r - 2r
= 3r
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Answer:
47 rounds and Eve wins.
Step-by-step explanation:
If read right, the highest player, (player with the most tokens) has to lose 3 tokens each round, so starting off with Evelyn, 17 - 3 = 14, and the other two each have +1 added to them, so, E=14, A=17 V=16, now subtract three from A (Amelia) and don't forget that one token is always being discarded each round. So the toal number of tokens at the start was 48, (17 + 16 + 15) so right now the total tokens should be 47, which it is. now starting the second round, A gives up 3 tokens so, 17 -3, again equals 14 and each of the two other players get one token, so E=15, A=14 V=17. Now you know the general trend, so we can figure this out seeing that after each round the number of tokens decrease by one, so there will be a round till all tokens are out except one, so there will be 47 rounds and since E started with the highest number they will win.