on sunday morning , pugsley and wednesday are trading pet spiders . if pugsley were to give wednesday two of his spiders , wednesday would then have 9 times as many spiders as pugsley does . but , if wednesday were to give pugsley 6 of her spiders , pugsley would now have 6 fewer spiders than wednesday had before they traded . how many pet spiders does pugsley have before the trading game commences ?	Options.
A) 4 B) 6 C) 8 D) 10 E) 20

Rationale: if pugsley were to give wednesday two of his spiders , wednesday would then have nine times as many spiders as pugsley does : ( w + 2 ) = 9 ( p - 2 ) if wednesday were to give pugsley six of her spiders , pugsley would now have six fewer spiders than wednesday had before they traded : p + 6 = w - 6 solving gives p = 4 and w = 16 . answer : a .
Answer: A