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pedro has twelve more pencils than peter. peter has nine more pencils than paul. peter, pedro and paul decide to split the pencils so each of the three will have the same number of pencils. how many pencils will pedro lose?

Respuesta :

Pedro will lose 11 pencils.

What is an average?

Calculating the outcome of multiplying the total of numerous quantities by the number of quantities, then dividing this result.

Here, we have

Pedro has twelve more pencils than Peter.

Peter has nine more pencils than Paul

Then,

The three quantities of pencils are x, x - 12, and x - 21.

The average of this is (x - 33)/3 = x - 11.

Hence, Pedro will lose 11 pencils.

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