SOLUTION: The shoe store has twice as many black shoes as it does brown shoes. The total number of shoes is 66. How many brown shoes are there?

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Question 31891: The shoe store has twice as many black shoes as it does brown shoes. The total number of shoes is 66. How many brown shoes are there?
Answer by elima(1433) About Me  (Show Source):
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let x be the number of brown shoes;
so 2x will = black shoes;
x+2x=66
3x=66
x=22
So the number of brown shoes is 22, number of black shoes 44;
22+44=66
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