Problema Solution
Daniel has 4 times as many pieces of candy as Stephen. Stephen has 2 fewer pieces than jerry. Together they have 26 pieces of candy. How many pieces of candy does Daniel have.
Answer provided by our tutors
We will assume that 'jerry' is actually daniel. Let 'd' and 's' stand for the number of candies that daniel and stephen each have. We can write:
s=d-2
s+d=26
Using Algebrator to solve for d and s, we get:
d=14
s=12