Maria has 14 pencils, Ted has 9 pencils, Tom has 12 pencils, Lucinda has 13 pencils, and Jumana has 12 pencils. How can they redistribute the pencils so that they all have the same amount? How many pencils should each person have?

Maria has 14 pencils, Ted has 9 pencils, Tom has 12 pencils, Lucinda has 13 pencils, and Jumana has 12 pencils. How can they redistribute the pencils so that they all have the same amount? How many pencils should each person have?

Response-

We are listed with the names Maria, Ted, Tom, Lucinda, and Jumana which would mean our equation would be

being the amount of pencils

_____________

Now to find the number of pencils we will add what everyone had together

now since we have pencils and people we can divide

addition

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