SOLUTION: Julie and Phil are at a garage sale, and they are both buying golf clubs for their collections. When they leave, Julie has twice as many clubs as Phil does. Then Julie picks up 3 m

Question 1031558: Julie and Phil are at a garage sale, and they are both buying golf clubs for their collections. When they leave, Julie has twice as many clubs as Phil does. Then Julie picks up 3 more at another sale on the way home, so she has 13 all together. How many golf clubs did Phil buy?
Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let = number of clubs Phil has
= number that Julie has initially
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After sale on way home, Julie has:

and

Phil bought 5 clubs
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