SOLUTION: If glen owns 12 trees more than twice what mary does, and together they own 72 trees, hown many does each one own?

SOLUTION: If glen owns 12 trees more than twice what mary does, and together they own 72 trees, hown many does each one own?

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Question 303055: If glen owns 12 trees more than twice what mary does, and together they own 72 trees, hown many does each one own?
Answer by rfer(16322) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
x+x+12=72
2x=60
x=30
x+12=42
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