Jane had several stamps. she gave 10 of them to her friend. afterwards, jane's mom bought her twice as many stamps as she had in the beginning. how many stamps did jane have in the beginning if she now has a total of 50 stamps?

Jane had 20 stamps in the beginning

Step-by-step explanation:

* Lets study the information in the problem

- Jane has unknown numbers of stamps

- She gave 10 of them to her friend

- Her mom give her twice as many stamps as she had in the beginning

* To solve the problem let the unknown numbers of stamps = x

∵ Jane had at the beginning x stamps

- She gave her friend 10 of them

∴ The rest with her = x - 10 stamps

- Her mom gave her twice as many stamps as she had in the beginning

∵ She had at the beginning x stamps

∴ Her mom gave her 2 × x = 2x

∴ The number of stamps with her now = x - 10 + 2x stamps

- She has now 50 stamps

∴ x - 10 + 2x = 50 ⇒ add the like term

∴ 3x - 10 = 50 ⇒ add 10 to both sides

∴ 3x = 60 ⇒ divide both sides by 3

∴ x = 20

∴ Jane had 20 stamps in the beginning

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