SOLUTION: Flotsam and Jetsam littered the beach. the pieces of Flotsam numbered 160 more than the pieces of Jetsam, and 6 times the number of pieces of Jetsam outnumbered the number of piec
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: Flotsam and Jetsam littered the beach. the pieces of Flotsam numbered 160 more than the pieces of Jetsam, and 6 times the number of pieces of Jetsam outnumbered the number of pieces of Flotsam by 40. How many pieces of each were there?
This question is from textbook Algebra 2-Incremental Development
Answer by scott8148(6628) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
"pieces of Flotsam numbered 160 more than the pieces of Jetsam" __ F=J+160
"6 times the number of pieces of Jetsam outnumbered the number of pieces of Flotsam by 40"
__ 6J=F+40
substituting the value of F from the first equation into the second equation
__ 6J=(J+160)+40
6J=J+200 __ 5J=200
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