SOLUTION: Flotsam and Jetsam littered the beach. the pieces of Flotsam numbered 160 more than the pieces of Jetsam, and 6 times the number of pieces of Jetsam outnumbered the number of piec

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Question 126438This question is from textbook Algebra 2-Incremental Development
: Flotsam and Jetsam littered the beach. the pieces of Flotsam numbered 160 more than the pieces of Jetsam, and 6 times the number of pieces of Jetsam outnumbered the number of pieces of Flotsam by 40. How many pieces of each were there? This question is from textbook Algebra 2-Incremental Development

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"pieces of Flotsam numbered 160 more than the pieces of Jetsam" __ F=J+160

"6 times the number of pieces of Jetsam outnumbered the number of pieces of Flotsam by 40"
__ 6J=F+40

substituting the value of F from the first equation into the second equation
__ 6J=(J+160)+40

6J=J+200 __ 5J=200