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Originally Posted by Gardenman
What is the correct answer to the question. The way it is written I would have to answer 1
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You're right, maybe the question should have been more clear

As DuckieTigger said, the relation is normally left out if mentioned before, at least in Dutch. In questions such as this one, it can been better to mention it explicitly, to avoid misunderstandings and/or ambiguous meanings such as this one.
"X and Y both have 10 peanuts. X gives one peanut to Y. How many more peanuts (than X) does Y now have?"