document.write( "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? \n" ); document.write( "

Algebra.Com's Answer #646335 by josmiceli(19441) $\"\"$ $\"About$

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Let $\"+x+\"$ = number of clubs Phil has
\n" ); document.write( " $\"+2x+\"$ = number that Julie has initially
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\n" ); document.write( "After sale on way home, Julie has:
\n" ); document.write( " $\"+2x+%2B+3+=+13+\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"+2x+=+10+\"$
\n" ); document.write( "and
\n" ); document.write( " $\"+x+=+5+\"$
\n" ); document.write( "Phil bought 5 clubs \n" ); document.write( "

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