SOLUTION: In a non-leap year, the city of Montreal experienced 12 days less frost than the city of Quebec. In all, the two cities experienced 224 days of frost. How many frost-free days di

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Question 1173012: In a non-leap year, the city of Montreal experienced 12 days less frost than the city of Quebec. In all, the two cities experienced 224 days of frost. How many frost-free days did the city of Montreal experience that year?
Answer by ikleyn(52781)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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    Q - M = 12   days

    Q + M = 224  days


Add the equation and get  2Q = 12 + 224 = 236;  Q = 236/2 = 118.


Then from the second equation  M = 224 - 118 = 106.


ANSWER.  106 days for Montreal.

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