Two siblings get bags of Jelly Beans and start eating them at different speeds. After a while Maya has 3 times as many Jelly Bea

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Two siblings get bags of Jelly Beans and start eating them at different speeds. After a while Maya has 3 times as many Jelly Bea

ns as her brother Tommy. If Maya is given 20 more beans by a friend, she will have 7 times as many beans as Tommy. How many Jelly Beans does Tommy have?

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ololo11 [35] · Answer 1 · 2022-08-27T12:22:11+03:00

ololo11 [35]3 years ago

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3t + 20 = 7t
20 = 7t - 3t
20 = 4t
20/4 = t
5 = t.....Tommy has 5 jelly beans