Ahmed has the first half of a treasure map, which indicates that the treasure is buried in the desert (2x + 6) paces from Castle Rock.
Vanessa has the other half of the map. Her half indicates that to find the treasure, one must go to the Castle Rock, walk ‘x’ paces to the North, and then walk (2x + 4) paces to the East.
If they share their information, then they can find ‘x’ and save a lot of digging.
What is ‘x’?
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Buried Treasure. Ahmed has half of a treasure map, which indicates that the treasure is buried in the desert 2x + 6 paces from Castle Rock. Vanessa has the other half of the map. Her half indicates that to find the treasure, one must get to Castle Rock, walk x paces to the north, and then walk 2x + 4 paces to the east. If they share thier information, then they can find x and save a lot of digging. What is x?
Kids are looking for a treasure, and they have this older boy behind them following them, but they don’t know it. The kids have this long ladder, but they lost it, and two girl found the ladder somewhere. The kids asked “Can you give us our ladder back,” and the girls said “If you give us half of everething you have from the treasure.” OK they said. One kid said “We don’t have nothing, and how did you know we were looking for treasure?” That’s our secret.