Mary has 53stamps and Jack has 70stamps. In order to make the number of Mary's stamps twice that of Jack's, how many stamps should Jack give to Mary?
29
Total stamps=53+70=123
Since no. of stamps of Mary's : no. of stamps of Jack's = 2 : 1
So, no. of stamps of Mary's = 2/(2+1)*123
= 82
So, no. of stamps of Mary's received from that of Jack's =82-53
= 29
find the total number of stamps first: 53+70=123
In order to make the number of Mary's stamps twice that of Jack's,the ratio should be 1:2(jack:mary) that's mean the total number should divied by3parts(1+2), and mary will get two parts of it, jack get 1 parts. This can make the number of Mary's stamps twice that of Jack's.