SOLUTION: If Colorado Springs, Colorado, has 1.5 times more days of sunshine than Boston, Massachusetts, how many days of sunshine does each city have if there are a total of 465 days of sun

Question 1046496: If Colorado Springs, Colorado, has 1.5 times more days of sunshine than Boston, Massachusetts, how many days of sunshine does each city have if there are a total of 465 days of sunshine between the two in a year?
Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let = the number of days of sunshine
that Boston has
= the number of days of sunshine
that Colorado Springs has
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given:

and

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Boston has 186 days
Colorado Springs has 279 days
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check:

OK
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