Problema Solution
Mrs.Anderson had twice as many chickens as ducks. She sold 272 chickens and 16 ducks. Then she had half as many chickens as ducks. How many ducks did she have in the beginning.
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Given this
Since the chickens' number is x in the begining.
then ducks=1/2*x
so x-272=(x*1/2-16)*1/2
x=352