One night a thief sneaks into your house and steals some of the twinkle supply from your vault. They take a half of your twinkles, and (because they are mean) they take 8 more for spite. The next night, they come back and take a half of what is left. As they are leaving, they feel a little remorse and decide to put 8 twinkles back. When you're counting your twinkles the next morning, to your dismay you discover there are only 18 twinkles left! How many twinkles did you have before the thief came the first night? (A) Let x = the number of twinkles you had initially. Write an equation that describes what happened: = 18 (B) How many twinkles did you have before the thief came to your house? twinkles