Question
Zara, Pamela and Shannon were playing with beads. Zara started with 21 beads and in the first game, she won 23 more beads from Pamela. In the second game, Zara lost 67 of her original number of beads to Shannon. Pamela lost as many beads as Zara to Shannon. In the final game, Zara won 13 of her original number of beads from Pamela. All of them ended up with the same number of beads.
  1. How many beads did Zara have in the end?
  2. How many beads did Pamela have at first?
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Zara, Pamela and Shannon were playing with beads. Zara started with 21 beads and in the first game, she won 23 more beads from Pamela. In the second game, Zara lost 67 of her original number of beads to Shannon. Pamela lost as many beads as Zara to Shannon. In the final game, Zara won 13 of her original number of beads from Pamela. All of them ended up with the same number of beads.
  1. How many beads did Zara have in the end?
  2. How many beads did Pamela have at first?