Question

sue has 18 sweets. tony has 18 sweets.sue gives tony x sweets. Sue then eats 5 sweets. Tony then eats half of his sweets. Write expressions for the number of sweets sue and tony have now

Answer 1

Tony= (18+x) divided by 2
Sue13-x

Answer 2

Let's count the number of sweets each one has using the statements (parenthesis besides shows the number of sweets each has then):

Sue:

She has 18 (18)

She gives x to Tony (18 - x)

She eats 5 (18 - x - 5)

In total Sue has (18 - x - 5) = 13 - x

Tony:

He has 18 (18)

He gets x from Sue (18 + x)

He eats half of what he has. So half is remaining (
`(18+x)/(2)`

In total Tony now has
`(18+x)/(2)`

ANSWER: Sue has
`13-x` sweets & Tony has
`(18+x)/(2)` sweets