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melissa mavis and rashidah have 234 stamps altogether melissa gives 16 stamps to mavis and 24 stamps to rashidah melissa then has 3 times as many stamps as mavis and mavis has twice as many stamps as rasidah how many stamps does melissa have at first?

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Explicación paso a paso:

Let's break this problem down step by step.

First, let's represent the number of stamps Melissa, Mavis, and Rashidah have:

Let's use the variables:

M = number of stamps Melissa has

V = number of stamps Mavis has

R = number of stamps Rashidah has

From the given information, we know that:

1) M + V + R = 234 (Melissa, Mavis, and Rashidah have 234 stamps altogether)

2) Melissa gives 16 stamps to Mavis and 24 stamps to Rashidah, so after giving the stamps, Melissa has:

M - 16 - 24 = M - 40 stamps

3) We also know that after giving the stamps, Melissa has 3 times as many stamps as Mavis:

M - 40 = 3V

4) Additionally, we know that Mavis has twice as many stamps as Rashidah:

V = 2R

We can now use this information to solve for the initial number of stamps Melissa had.

First, let's express V in terms of R using the relationship V = 2R:

V = 2R

Now, substitute V = 2R into the equation M - 40 = 3V:

M - 40 = 3(2R)

M - 40 = 6R

We also know that M + V + R = 234, so we can substitute V and R in terms of M into this equation:

M + 2R + R = 234

M + 3R = 234

Now we have two equations:

M - 40 = 6R

M + 3R = 234

We can solve these equations simultaneously to find the values of M and R.

By solving for R in terms of M from the second equation:

R = (234 - M)/3

Then substitute R into the first equation:

M - 40 = 6((234 - M)/3)

Simplify and solve for M. After finding the value of M, we can then determine how many stamps Melissa had at first.