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gemma has the same number of sweets as Betty. Gemma gives 24 of her sweets to Betty. Betty now has 5 times as many sweets as Gemma. Work out the total number of sweets that Gemma and Betty have.

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Betty now has 5 times as many sweets as Gemma.

5x - 120 = x + 245x -x = 24 + 1204x = 144x = 362x = 72

Because both Gemma and Betty have x sweets each and we are finding the total number of sweets.

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