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Finn bought 2 packs of stickers. Each pack had the same number of stickers. A friend gave him 4 more stickers. Now he has 24 stickers in all. How many stickers were in each pack. Explain how you solved it.

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24-4=20
20/2=10
10 stickers in each pack
User Nslamberth
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Let the number of stickers in each pack be 'x'

Finn bought 2 packs of stickers.

Number of stickers in 2 packs =
2 * x = 2x

According to the question, a friend gave him 4 more stickers and now he has 24 stickers in all.

Therefore,
2x+4=24


2x=24-4


2x=20

x = 10

Therefore, number of stickers in each pack are 10.

User Francis Gagnon
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