Oscar has 6 paperclips more than Barbara. How many paperclips must Barbara get from Oscar so that she has 26 paperclips more than him?
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Oscar |
Barbara |
Comparing Oscar and Barbara at first |
6 more |
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Before |
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Change |
- ? |
+ ? |
After |
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Comparing Oscar and Barbara in the end |
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26 more |
If Oscar gives 6 paperclips to Barbara, she will have 6 more paperclips than him. However, Barbara must have 26 more paperclips than Oscar in the end. So, Oscar has to give Barbara more paperclips.
Number of more paperclips that Oscar has to give to Barbara
= (26 - 6) ÷ 2
= 20 ÷ 2
= 10
So after giving 6 paperclips to Barbara, Oscar has to give her another 10 more paperclips so that she has 26 paperclips more than him.
Total number of paperclips that Barbara needs to get from Oscar
= 6 + 10
= 16
Answer(s): 16