Cards for Candy Two ladies played cards for candy; the winner received one piece per game from the loser. When it was time for one of the ladies to go home, one lady had won three games, while the other lady had a profit of three pieces of candy. How many individual games had they played?

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Keaton Mcbride

Mathematics

30 July, 05:44

Cards for Candy Two ladies played cards for candy; the winner received one piece per game from the loser. When it was time for one of the ladies to go home, one lady had won three games, while the other lady had a profit of three pieces of candy. How many individual games had they played?

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Braydon Briggs · Answer 1

6 games

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if one lady had 3 pieces of candy, that means she must have gotten them from the other lady. And since the other lady had only won 3 games, that means that she must have lost an additional 3, so she had to give her candy to the other lady.