Sean and Glen have some red staplers and some yellow staplers. The number of yellow staplers Sean has is equal to the number of red staplers Glen has. ³₄ of Sean's staplers are red and ¹₃ of Glen's staplers are yellow. There are a total of 32 red staplers. Find the total number of staplers they have.

Sean		Glen		Total
Red	Yellow	Red	Yellow
	1x2	1x2
3x2	1x2	2x1	1x1
6 u	2 u	2 u	1 u	11 u

The number of Sean's yellow staplers and Glen's red staplers is the same.

The number of Sean's yellow staplers is repeated. The number of Glen's red staplers is repeated.  Make the number of Sean's yellow staplers and Glen's red staplers the same.  LCM of 1 and 4 is 2.

Number of red staplers
= 6 u + 2 u
= 8 u

8 u = 32

1 u = 32 ÷ 8 = 4

Total number of staplers
= 6 u + 2 u + 2 u + 1 u
= 11 u
= 11 x 4
= 44

Answer(s): 44