SOLUTION: Together jane and jill have 32 dolls. jill has 6 more dolls than jane does. how many dolls does each girl have?

Question 517985: Together jane and jill have 32 dolls. jill has 6 more dolls than jane does. how many dolls does each girl have?
Found 2 solutions by rfer, stanbon:
Answer by rfer(16322) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
x+x+6=32
26=32-6
2x=26
x=26/2
x=13
x+6=19
Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Together jane and jill have 32 dolls. jill has 6 more dolls than jane does. how many dolls does each girl have?
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Let Jane have x dolls.
Let Jill have y dolls.
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Equation:
y = x + 6
x + y = 32
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Substitute and solve for "x":
x + x+6 = 32
2x = 26
x = 13 (# of dolls Jane has)
y = 19 (# of dolls Jill has)
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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