SOLUTION: The 3000 hawks and eagles filled the sky. The number of hawks are 1800 greater than 3 times the number of eagles. How many of each kind were there?

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Question 188157This question is from textbook Saxon Algebra 1
: The 3000 hawks and eagles filled the sky. The number of hawks are 1800 greater than 3 times the number of eagles. How many of each kind were there? This question is from textbook Saxon Algebra 1

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X+(3X+1800)=3000
4X=3000-1800
4X=1200
X=1200/4
X=300 IS THE NUMBER OF EAGLES.
3000-300=2700 IS THE NUMBER OF HAWKS.
300+(3*300+1800)=3000
300+(900+1800)=3000
300+2700=3000
3000=3000