SOLUTION: Kyle weighs twice as much as his younger sister Suzanne and 10 pounds less than his older sister Margaret. All together they weigh 90 pounds. How much does Margaret Weigh.

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Question 6576: Kyle weighs twice as much as his younger sister Suzanne and 10 pounds less than his older sister Margaret. All together they weigh 90 pounds. How much does Margaret Weigh.
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Suzanne's weight is 1/2 of Kyle's. Margaret's weight is Kyle's plus 10.

All together they weigh 90 lbs:
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  • This is an equation! Solutions: Kyle=32.
  • Graphical form: Equation was fully solved.
  • Text form: Kyle/2+Kyle+(Kyle+10)=90 simplifies to 0=0
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DETAILED EXPLANATION

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Remove unneeded parentheses around terms highlight_red%28+Kyle+%29,highlight_red%28+10+%29
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Eliminated similar terms highlight_red%28+Kyle%2F2+%29,highlight_red%28+Kyle+%29,highlight_red%28+Kyle+%29 replacing them with highlight_green%28+%281%2F2%2B1%2B1%29%2AKyle+%29
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Added fractions or integers together
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Remove unneeded parentheses around factor highlight_red%28+5+%29,highlight_red%28+1%2F2+%29
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Moved these terms to the left highlight_green%28+-90+%29
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Added fractions or integers together
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Removed extra sign in front of -80
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Solved linear equation highlight_red%28+5%2F2%2AKyle-80=0+%29 equivalent to 2.5*Kyle-80 =0
It becomes .
Result:
This is an equation! Solutions: Kyle=32.

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So, Kyle's weight is 32 lbs and Margaret is 10 lbs heavier, so she must be 42 lbs. They are pretty little kids.
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