Greg and Cleo are playing a game and they each have a certain number of chips. Greg starts with twice as many chips as Cleo. After he gives her 8 chips, he still has 9 more than Cleo. How many chips did Greg have before he gave the 8 chips to Cleo? A) 18
B) 34
C) 48
D) 50

The correct answer is D, but how do you get it?

50

Step-by-step explanation:

I toke me a lot of time to figure out why am I getting always 34 and still it isn't working : 34-8 = 26 and 26-25=1 wich is false

now I'll show you how

Greg gives Cleo 8 chips but still he has 9 more chips than Cleo :

I guess now that we we are smelling that 50

we get -x+2y=0 and all we should do now is to add it to the second equation to make a normal one with one unkhown value y

finaaly the aswer is 50

the trick is to try to imaginate the situation

2/3x + 7 = 29

step-by-step explanation:

two thirds = 2/3

plus a number = x

at least 29 = 29

there for you should get 2/3x + 7 = 29

add a pic of the graph, then ill edit this "answer" and solve it for you : 3

step-by-step explanation: