SOLUTION: The Day garden has 24 students in its 3-and 4-year old program. There are twice as many 4-yr olds as there are 3-year olds. How many of each age are there?

Question 928582: The Day garden has 24 students in its 3-and 4-year old program. There are twice as many 4-yr olds as there are 3-year olds. How many of each age are there?
Answer by TimothyLamb(4379) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
x = number of 3 year olds
y = number of 4 year olds
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x + y = 24
y = 2x
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put the system of linear equations into standard form
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x + y = 24
2x - y = 0
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solution:
x = number of 3 year olds = 8
y = number of 4 year olds = 16
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