Dividing Toffees
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Some toffees are equally divided amongst Sam, John and Mary. Each of them now consumes 6 toffees. The combined number of toffees now remaining equals the number of toffees each had just after division. How many toffees were divided amongst them?
Let the number of toffees received by each friend = A
So after having 6 toffees, each friend is left with = (A – 6)
So the total number of toffees remaining = 3 x (A – 6)
As per the question, this is equal to the number of toffees each friend had before division (A), hence 3 x (A – 6) = A, or A = 9.
Since total number of toffees divided was 3 x A, hence answer is 3 x A = 27
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