Problem Solving Guess and Check: Place 40 checkers in two stacks so that, if five checkers are moved from the taller stack to the shorter one, there will be the same number of checkers in each stack. How many checkers were in the taller stack?

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Answer :

Answer:

Answer:

10

Step-by-step explanation:

6 in the first, and 12 in each of the other

That means 6 + 12 + 12 = 30

Since there are three stacks, divide 30 by

3

30/3 = 10

There will be 10 books in each stack

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