SOLUTION: mac and his brother ted collect coins. Macs collection contains 8 more than twice as many coins as teds. if the total number of coins in the two collection is 74 how many coins are

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Question 496094: mac and his brother ted collect coins. Macs collection contains 8 more than twice as many coins as teds. if the total number of coins in the two collection is 74 how many coins are in macs collection
Answer by chessace(471) About Me  (Show Source):
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m=8+2t
m+t=74
m=8+2(74-m)
3m=8+148=156
m=52