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W = 5 Clue
JIM AND WANDA HAVE 7 AND 5 APPLES RESPECTIVELY. TO SOLVE USING MATHS, LET J AND W BE THE NUMBER OF APPLES OF JIM AND WANDA RESPECTIVELY. IF JIM GIVES WANDA AN APPLE, THEY WILL BOTH HAVE THE SAME NUMBER OF APPLES: W + 1 = J - 1 IF WANDA GIVES JIM AN APPLE, JIM WILL HAVE TWICE AS MANY AS WANDA: 2(W - 1) = J + 1 SOLVING THE EQUATIONS WILL GIVE J=7 AND W=5 SHE NEEDS TO GIVE YOU 5 APPLES. YOU BOTH NEED AT LEAST 5 APPLES TO BEGIN WITH, BUT APART FROM THAT IT DOESN'T MATTER EXACTLY HOW MANY YOU EACH HAVE. WHEN SHE GIVES YOU 5 YOU WILL HAVE 10 MORE THAN HER BECAUSE SHE WILL LOSE 5 AND YOU WILL GAIN 5, RESULTING IN A NET DIFFERENCE OF 10. FOR EXAMPLE, IF BOTH OF YOU HAVE 20 APPLES AND SHE GIVES YOU 5 OF HERS, SHE WILL BE LEFT WITH 15 AND YOU WILL NOW HAVE 25, PRECISELY 10 MORE THAN SHE HAS FOUR. IF THE APPLES ARE A, B, AND C, IT'S POSSIBLE THAT YOU COULD TAKE OUT ONE A, ONE B AND ONE C WITH THREE APPLES, BUT THE FOURTH APPLE MUST BE ONE OF THE THREE KINDS YOU NEED TO TAKE OUT THREE SOCKS. TO HAVE A MATCHING PAIR, YOU NEED TO TAKE 2 SOCKS THAT ARE OF THE SAME COLOR. WHEN YOU TAKE 3 SOCKS, 2 OF THE SOCKS WILL BE OF THE SAME COLOR