Tom and Henry had the same number of marbles. Tom gave away 1/2 of his marbles. Henry gave away 3/4 of his marbles. Then, Henry had 16 fewer marbles than Tom. How many marbles did Tom and Henry each have at first?
+36916 t = h initially
then
t - 1/2 t = h- 3/4 h + 16 sub in t = h
h - 1/2 h = 1/4 h + 16
1/2h - 1/4 h = 16
1/4 h = 16
h = 64 each had 64 originally 128 total
+36916 t = h initially
then
t - 1/2 t = h- 3/4 h + 16 sub in t = h
h - 1/2 h = 1/4 h + 16
1/2h - 1/4 h = 16
1/4 h = 16
h = 64 each had 64 originally 128 total
