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Jennifer has 2/3 the number of plums Destiny has. Andy has half as many plums as Jennifer. If Destiny has 13 more plums than Jennifer, calculate how many plums they have altogether.

User Samy Vilar
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Let's define the following variable.

x = Destiny's number of plums.

If Jennifer has 2/3 the number of plums Destiny has, then we can say that Jennifer has 2/3x plums.

If Andy has half as many plums as Jennifer, then we can say that Andy has 1/2 x 2/3x or 1/3x plums.

If Destiny has 13 more plums than Jennifer, then Destiny's number of plums x = 13 + 2/3x.

To calculate the total plums they have together, let's add them and solve for x first.

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