janice had x color pencils in her box and shares them equally with her friend, talia. her brother gives her 2 more color pencils. janice now has 3 pencils in her box.

X = 1

Step-by-step explanation:

lets guess and check.

2, + the 2 her brother gives her is too high, its 4.

which means we go lower.

0 can't be right, because 0 + 2 = 2, not 3.

lets try 1.

1 + 2 = 3.

So that means X = 3.

she had 2 to begin with.

Step-by-step explanation:

she has one friend, talia.

after the 2 pencils from here brother she has 3

3-2=1

she only had one after splitting them equally with talia, so her and talia had one each. she began with two before giving talia one