Homework Help: math

Posted by Katherine on Thursday, March 31, 2011 at 5:02pm.

Daniel gave 4/5 of his stickers to Javier. Javier’s collection of stickers increased to 64. If Javier had 28 stickers in the beginning, how many stickers did Daniel have in the beinging?

can u please show the work and explain how u got it...so i could undersatnd thank you!!

math - Ms. Sue, Thursday, March 31, 2011 at 5:08pm
Javier:
64 - 28 = 36

Daniel gave Javier 36 stickers.

Daniel:
4/5x = 36
x = 36 / (4/5)
x = 36 * (5/4)
x = 180/4
x = 45

Daniel started with 45.

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