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Mo,Ro,and Bo have less than 20 tokens. Ro has more than Mo and Mo has more than Bo. Ro gives Bo three tokens and Mo gives Bo two. Now they each have the same number. How many tokens did they start with?

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If the combined number of tokens is less than 20, these are the answers. Mo started out with 8 (giving 2 to Bo, leaving 6). Ro started out with 9 (giving 3 to Bo, leaving 6). And poor Bo started out with one (gaining a combined 5 from Mo and Ro).
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