SOLUTION: Anna and Raj have some pens. Anna has 3 fewer pens than Raj. If Raj had 2 more pens, then he would have twice as many pens as Anna. How many pens do Anna and Raj have altogether?

Question 982931: Anna and Raj have some pens. Anna has 3 fewer pens than Raj. If Raj had 2 more pens, then he would have twice as many pens as Anna. How many pens do Anna and Raj have altogether?
Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let = number of pens Anna has
Let = number of pens Raj has
-----------------------------------
(1)
(2)
-----------------
Substitute (1) into (2)
(2)
(2)
(2)
and
(1)
(1)
(1)
-----------------
Together they have:

13 pens

RELATED QUESTIONS
Together Thelma and Salma have 17 pens. If Hina has 3 more pens than Salma, how many... (answered by jojo14344)

David has 3 times as many pens as Jim. Rebecca has 4 more pens than Jim. David has 2 less (answered by josgarithmetic)

Greg had some pens.2/5 of the pens were blue and 1/6 of the remainder were black.the rest (answered by josmiceli)

Matt has a total of 18 pens and pencils in his backpack. He has 8 more pens than... (answered by Tatiana_Stebko,ficent)

Alfred has 9 pencils and pens. He has twice as many pencils than pens. How many does he... (answered by tiffany222)

Hi Sam Raj and Caleb had 144 coins altogether. When Sam gave some coins to Raj the... (answered by math_tutor2020)

Liz had 140 pens and Inna had 100 pens. After Inna gave Liz some pens, Liz had 3 times as (answered by ikleyn)

Alice and Julie start with the same number of pens. After Alice gives 16 of her pens to... (answered by josgarithmetic)

Gael and Ally share 64 pens . Ally get 10 pens more than gael. how many pens each... (answered by josgarithmetic)