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Sue has 18 sweets

Tony also has 18 sweets.
Sue gives Tony x sweets
Sue eats 5 of her sweets.
Tony eats half of his sweets.
Writ expressions of sweets Tony and sue now have

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Answer:Find out the expressions for the number of sweets sue and tony have now .

To proof

As given

Sue has 18 sweets. tony has 18 sweets.sue gives tony x sweets

thus

sue sweets = 18 - x

Tony sweets = 18 + x

As given

Sue then eats 5 sweets. Tony then eats half of his sweets

sue sweets becomes = 18 -5 -x

= 13 - x

Hence proved

Explanation:

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