Sally bought some chocolates and gave half of them to Mabel. Mabel bought some lollipops and gave half of them to Sally. Mabel a
te 7 lollipos and Sally ate 16 chocolates. After that, the ratio of the number of lollipops to the number of chocolates Mabel had was 1 : 8 and the ratio of the number of lollipops to the number of chocolates Sally had was 1 : 5. How many lollipops did Mabel buy at first? (5 Marks)
2x-10=44+8x subtract 2x from each side 8x-2x=6x now we have -10=44+6x subtract 44 from both sides -10-44=-54 now we have -54=6x divide both sides by 6 -54/6=-9 so x=-9
