SOLUTION: At the market you purchase some apples and oranges. There were 12 items purchased. You buy twice as many apples as oranges. how do i solve this??

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Question 114195: At the market you purchase some apples and oranges. There were 12 items purchased. You buy twice as many apples as oranges.
how do i solve this??
Answer by stanbon(75887) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
At the market you purchase some apples and oranges. There were 12 items purchased. You buy twice as many apples as oranges
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Let # of oranges be "x".
# of apples is "2x"
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EQUATION:
x + 2x = 12
3x = 12
x = 4 (# of oranges purchased)
2x = 8 (# of apples purchased)
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Cheers,
Stan H.