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charlie has 5 times as many stamps as ryan they have 1608 stamps in all how many stamps does charlie have than ryan? use a letter to rep the unknown

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1608 / 6 =268
268 is how many stamps Ryan has.
Charlie has 5 x more than Ryan.
268 x 5 =1340
Charlie has 1340 more stamps than Ryan.
CHECK:
1340+268=1608

R x 5 = C + R = 1608

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