If r+9=42 does r+9-9=42+9

Michelle had a birthday party. she bought a bag of candy with 96 starbursts, 72 hershey's, and 68 reese's. she wants to use all the candy she bought to make goody bags with the same amount of starbursts, hershey's and reese's in each bag. what is the largest number of bags she can make?

Could somebody me with this radical simplification?

When george started his current job, his employer told him that at the end of the first year, he would receive two vacation days. after each year worked, his number of vacation days will double up to five work weeks (25days) of payed vacation. how many vacation days will he have in 4 years