DeShawn and Luke had an equal number of stickers. After DeShawn used 26 stickers and Luke lost 38 stickers, DeShawn had twice as many stickers as Luke. How many stickers did each of them have in the beginning?

1 Answer
Apr 11, 2018

50

Explanation:

to get the difference between the amount of sticker they have u subtract

#38-26=12#

because DeShawn has twice as many as Luke, he has 24

#12+12= 24#

he also used 26 so to get the original amount you add 26 and 24

#24+26=50#