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3/5 of Alice's stickers is twice as many as Berniece's stickers. Alice has 56 more stickers than Bernice.
(a) Find the ratio of Alice's number of stickers to Bernice's number of stickers.

(b) How many stickers does Bernice have?


Sagot :

A. 10/3
B. 24
Explain:
Call x is alice’s sticker
Y is bernice’s sticker

•3/5 of alice’s stickers is twice berniece.
-> 3/5x =2y
•Alice have 56 more than bernice
-> x=y+56
You want to find number of bernice’s sticker log in the second equation to the first equation:
3/5(y+56)=2y
-> y=24