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Nasir and Seif began with an equal number of Skittles. Nasir ate 10 Skittles, and Seif ate 6. Now the ratio of Nasir's Skittles to Seif's Skittles is 2:3. How many Skittles did they each start with?
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Nasir and Seif began with an equal number of Skittles. Nasir ate 10 Skittles, and Seif ate 6. Now the ratio of Nasir's Skittles to Seif's Skittles is 2:3. How many Skittles did they each start with?
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x=Amount of skittles at the start.
Nasir ate 10 skittles and Seif ate 6 skittles so the number of skittles they had(x) - how many they both ate equals : 2/3;
(x-10)/(x-6)=2/3
3(x-10)=2(x-6)
3x-30=2x-12
x-30=-12
x=18
They each started with 18 skilttles.
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