SOLUTION: The Smiths drove a total of 540 miles in 2 days. They drove twice as far on Tuesday as they did on Monday. How many miles did they drive on Monday? on Tuesday?

Question 152552: The Smiths drove a total of 540 miles in 2 days. They drove twice as far on Tuesday as they did on Monday. How many miles did they drive on Monday? on Tuesday?
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
On Monday they drove x miles and on Tuesday they drove 2x miles. So add them to get 540 miles:

Combine like terms on the left side.

Divide both sides by to isolate .

Reduce.

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Answer:

So the answer is

So they drove 180 miles on Monday and 360 miles on Tuesday
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