For every 8 tokens you have your friend has 3.After you give half of your tokens to your friend Your friend now has 18 more tokens than you.How many tokens did you start with.

Initially I had 48 tokens initiallySolution:Given that , For every 8 tokens you have your friend has 3Then, let us assume that, we have 8n tokens. Then our friend will have 3n tokensAfter you give half of your tokens to your friend Your friend now has 18 more tokens than you.  We have to find how many tokens did you start withNow, after giving away half of tokens we will have 8n/2 = 4n tokensAnd our friend will have 4n + 3n = 7n tokens. And according to given informationFriends tokens – my tokens = 18 tokens7n – 4n = 18  3n = 18  n = 6 Then, I will have initially 8n = 8 x 6 = 48 tokens. Hence, I had 48 tokens initially