SOLUTION: arielle has a collection of grasshoppers and crikets.she has 561 insects in all. the number of grasshoppers is twice the number of crickets.find the number of each type of insect t
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Question 167252: arielle has a collection of grasshoppers and crikets.she has 561 insects in all. the number of grasshoppers is twice the number of crickets.find the number of each type of insect that she has Answer by Mathtut(3670) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! grasshoppers will call g and crickets c
g+c=561
g=2c
take g's value in 2nd equation and plug it into the 1st equation.
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so g=2(187)=374
so 374 grasshoppers and 187 crickets
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