Luke and Paul shared equally a bunch of lychees. After Luke had eaten 32 of his lychees and Paul had eaten 12 of his, Paul had 3 times as many lychees left as Luke. How many lychees had each of them at first?
| |
Luke |
Paul |
| Before |
1 u + 32 |
3 u + 12 |
| Change |
- 32 |
- 12 |
| After |
1 u |
3 u |
Number of lychees each had at first was the same.
3 u + 12 = 1 u + 32
3 u - 1 u = 32 - 12
2 u = 20
1 u = 20 ÷ 2 = 10
Number of lychees that they had each at first
= 1 u + 32
= 10 + 32
= 42
Answer(s): 42
