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Step-by-step explanation:

First, let's label the variables:

The first and second sentence, Kaylee at the start has x pens. She gave half to Lou, who started out with two fewer than Kaylee.

In other words, the total Lou now has is:

The first term represents what Kaylee gave to Lou. The second term represents what Lou had originally (two fewer than Kaylee [x]).

Simplifying, we get:

Third sentence. Lou give half of his new total to Ilene, who started out with three fewer pens than Lou. Lou, remember, started with three fewer than Kaylee (x-2). In other words:

The left represents what is given to Ilene: one-third of Lou's new total. The right represents Ilene's original total: three fewer than Lou: or five fewer than Kaylee. Simplifying gives:

Finally, Ilene gives a third of this new amount to Kaylee, and Kaylee's final amount is 37. Thus:

The first term represents what Kaylee originally started with. The second term represents what she gave to Lou. And the third term represents what Ilene gave to Kaylee. Simplify:

step-by-step explanation:

you can add the two numbers and divide the result by 2. or you can find the gap between the two numbers and add half of this to the smaller number.

i think there was a typo. you wrote pat brings 3 quarts of ice-cream to the party. each serving of ice-cream is 1 6 quart. how many total servings of ice-cream does pat bring to the party? i think the bold is supposed to be 1/6. so 1 quart of ice cream = 6 servings. 6 * 3 = 18.