Anika has 4 more than twice the number of pencils as Reeta. If Reeta has 20 pencils, how many pencils do the two have together?
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If Reeta has 20 pencils, then twice that number is 2 * 20 = 40 pencils. Anika has 4 more than twice the number of pencils as Reeta, which means she has 40 + 4 = 44 pencils. Together, the two have 44 + 20 = 64 pencils.
Thus, the answer is 64.
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