SOLUTION: A shop has 48 notebooks for sale. The number of blue notebook is 12 less than twice the number of red notebooks. How many blue notebooks are there?

Question 1025047: A shop has 48 notebooks for sale. The number of blue notebook is 12 less than twice the number of red notebooks. How many blue notebooks are there?

Found 2 solutions by josmiceli, addingup:
Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let = number of blue notebooks
Let = number of red notebooks
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(1)
(2)
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Substitute (2) into (1)
(1)
(1)
(1)
and
(2)
(2)
(2)
(2)
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There are 28 blue notebooks
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check:
(2)
(2)
(2)
(2)
OK
Answer by addingup(3677) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
b+r = 48 (1)
b = 2r-12 Use this value for b in equation (1):
2r-12+r = 48 add 12 on both sides and add r on left:
3r = 60
r = 20 There are 20 red notebooks and the problem says:
b = 2r-12 = 2(20)-12=40-12= 28 There are 28 blue notebooks
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