Tanner and his sister, Mona, both brought gummy bears on a family car trip. At the beginning of the drive, Mona had twice as many gummy bears as Tanner. While on the road, Mona ate $23$ of her gummy bears and Tanner ate $7$ of his. When they got to their destination, Tanner realized they each had the same number of gummy bears left. $\newline$ Which equation can you use to find $t$ , the number of gummy bears Tanner had at the beginning of the drive? $\newline$ Choices: $\newline$ (A) $2t - 23 = t - 7$ $\newline$ (B) $t - 2 = 23t - 7$ $\newline$ How many gummy bears did Tanner have at the beginning of the drive? $\newline$ ____ gummy bears $\newline$

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Q. Tanner and his sister, Mona, both brought gummy bears on a family car trip. At the beginning of the drive, Mona had twice as many gummy bears as Tanner. While on the road, Mona ate

23

of her gummy bears and Tanner ate

7

of his. When they got to their destination, Tanner realized they each had the same number of gummy bears left.

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Which equation can you use to find

t

, the number of gummy bears Tanner had at the beginning of the drive?

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Choices:

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(A)

2t - 23 = t - 7

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(B)

t - 2 = 23t - 7

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How many gummy bears did Tanner have at the beginning of the drive?

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____ gummy bears

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Set up equation: Let's set up the equation based on the problem statement. Tanner starts with $t$ gummy bears, and Mona starts with $2t$ gummy bears. After eating some, Tanner has $t - 7$ left, and Mona has $2t - 23$ left. They end up with the same amount, so the equation is: $\newline$ $2t - 23 = t - 7$
Solve for t: Now, solve for t. First, add $23$ to both sides to eliminate the $-23$ from the left side: $\newline$ $2t - 23 + 23 = t - 7 + 23$ $\newline$ $2t = t + 16$
Isolate $t$ : Next, subtract $t$ from both sides to isolate $t$ on one side: $\newline$ $2t - t = t + 16 - t$ $\newline$ $t = 16$