Twins Lidia and Henry collected snow globes. When they left for college, they split the collection, such that Lidia got 75% of the snow globes. If Lidia got 460 more snow globes than did Henry, how many snow globes did Henry get?

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Diana Villarreal

2 May, 05:49

Twins Lidia and Henry collected snow globes. When they left for college, they split the collection, such that Lidia got 75% of the snow globes. If Lidia got 460 more snow globes than did Henry, how many snow globes did Henry get?

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Emilio Kaufman · Answer 1

230

Step-by-step explanation:

Okay, so if Lidia got 75% means that Henry got 25%, right?

Then Lidia got 50% more than Henry did. So that 460 = 50%

So Henry got 25% which is 460/2 = 230 snow globes