Translate the sentence and solve 4 is 2 less than double a number

An unknown number of kids and buses are getting assigned. when assigning 4 kids to each bus, there are 2 kids that aren't placed in a bus. when assigning 8 kids to each bus, there are 2 empty buses. how many total kids are there?

Kendra had twice as much money as kareem. kendra later spent $8 and kareem earned $6. by then, the two had the same amount of money. how much money did each have originally?

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