document.write( "Question 1171075: Jill has a collection of bugs. Her collection contains butterflies and tarantulas. She has 47 bugs and
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document.write( "counts 320 total legs. (Note: butterflies have 6 legs and tarantulas have 8 legs)
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document.write( "a) Write the system of equations. \n" );
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