Dic has a total of x pencils. If he uses 2/4 of his pencils to color his drawings and 12/24 of his pencils to write notes, he will have 2x pencils left. If Dic finds 4 more pencils, he will have a total of 7 pencils. How many pencils did Dic have at the beginning?
how can he start with x, use them all, and then have 2x left?
Worse, if he has x, finds 4 and then has 7, he clearly started with 3.
what a loser post!