A group of children is trying to share a pile of stickers. If every child gets two stickers, there will be 7 stickers left over. If two
children do not get any stickers, then each of the remaining
children will get exactly 3 stickers.
How many children are in the group?

7 children is the correct answer

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step-by-step explanation:

the true ones are a b and d

we have three similar triangles, because each has a right angle and shares an angle.   let's write the angles in order: opposite to short leg, long leg, hypotenuse.

cab similar to bad similar to cbd

or as ratios,

ca: ab: cb = ba: ad: bd = cb: bd: cd

we also know

ac = ad + cd

(ad+cd): ab: cb = ba: ad: bd = cb: bd: cd

(ad+cd)/cb=cb/cd

we have cb=6, ad=5 and seek x=cd.

we reject the negative root and conclude x=4

answer: 4