Question

You and your friend share a package of candies. You eat twice as many candies as your friend. If there were 36 candies in the bag how many did you eat?

Answer 1

c + 2c = 36
3c = 36
c = 12
Answer 12

Answer 2

If there were 36 and you ate TWICE as many as he did than that means you say he ate 6 and than you ate 12 because it’s twice... 2x what he ate