Question:
Tom and Lily baked a total of 1539 cupcakes. Tom sold thrice as many cupcakes as Lily. In the end, the number of cupcakes Lily had left was 58 more than what she had sold. Lily had twice as many cupcakes left as Tom.
(a) How many cupcakes did Tom bake at first?
(b) How many cupcakes did Lily sell?
Solution:
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