Problema Solution
Two boxes of apples contain a total of 24 apples. If you halve the number of apples in the first box and add 4 apples to the second box, the total changes to 20 apples. How many apples are in each box initially?
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Let 'x' the number of apples in the first box and 'y' the number of apples in the second box.
x + y = 24
(x/2) + (y + 4) = 20
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x = 16 apples
y = 8 apples
Initially there are 16 apples in the first and 8 apples in the second box.