Q: Padma is trading cards with Robert. Padma started with 75 cards and traded 2 or her valuable ones for 10 of Robert’s
cards. Robert started with 88 of his own cards and traded another 8 of his cards for 15 of Padma’s cards. How many
cards were traded between both Padma and Robert?
A: Reasoning Process: Padma started with 75 cards. She traded 2 cards for 10 cards, so she now has 75-2+10=83 cards.
Robert started with 88 cards. He traded 8 cards for 15 cards, so he now has 88-8+15=95 cards.
The total number of cards traded between both Padma and Robert is 2+8+10+15=35 cards.
This includes the 2 cards that Padma traded for 10 cards, the 8 cards that Robert traded for 15 cards, and the 10 and 15
cards that were traded between them. Final answer: 35.
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