I interpreted it as: The no. of candies received by first 2 is double that of other 3
so if two receive 10 then the the total received by other 3 is 5
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two of the children receives double the number of pieces means that whatever u give to the rest three the first two will get double of that ! (two of the children → 2 specific individuals )
Hi,
The question means that “whatever the number of pieces the other 3 gets, (assumed as x number of pieces here for one person” the other two gets double the pieces “so other two will get 2x each”
Hence the equation : x+x+x+2x+2x= total