SOLUTION: There were 42 people there were twice as many children as adults how many children attended?
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Question 670925: There were 42 people there were twice as many children as adults how many children attended?
Answer by ReadingBoosters(3246) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Establish variables
x = children
y = adults
...
x+y = 42
x = 2y
...
Substitute the second into th first
2y + y = 42
3y = 42
adults
2(14) = children
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