SOLUTION: Kevin works 3 times as many hours in a week as Karen does. If each were to work 6h more per week, Kevin would be working twice as many hours as Karen does. How many hours does ea

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Question 108261: Kevin works 3 times as many hours in a week as Karen does. If each were to work 6h more per week, Kevin would be working twice as many hours as Karen does. How many hours does each work now?
Answer by wgunther(43) About Me  (Show Source):
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Let E be the number of hours Kevin works, and K be the number of hours Karen works. We know that Kevin works 3 times as many hours as Karen so
%0D%0AE=3A%0D%0A
We know if they worked 6 more hours then Keven would be working twice as many hours as Karen so
%0D%0AE%2B6=2%28A%2B6%29%0D%0A
Solve this system.