If Jack gives Jill 5 oranges and Jill gives Mary 2 oranges, all three will have the same number of oranges. How many more oranges does Jack have than Jill?

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anonymous · Answer

If they all have the same number of oranges how can one person have more than another?

anonymous · Answer

This question is weird.

anonymous · Answer

..I thought d..vLet the number of oranges Jack had be x and Jill y.
Number of oranges Jack has = x - 5
Number of oranges Jill has = y + 5
Number of oranges Jill has after giving 2 oranges to Mary = y + 5 - 2
= y + 3
Since all of them have the same number of oranges,
x - 5 = y + 3 or x = y + 3 + 5 or x = y + 8
Hence Jack has 8 more oranges than Jill has.

anonymous · Answer

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yes, so Jack has 8 more than Jill