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Question 346864: I oredered twice as many blankets than quilts. the total is 126. how many of each>
I am three years older than my sister. our combined age is 105. What is our ages?
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Answer by rfer(16322) About Me  (Show Source):
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126/3=42 quilts
84 blankets
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x+3+x=105
2x=102
x=51
x+3=54

Answer by unlockmath(1688) About Me  (Show Source):
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Hello,
I'll help you with the first one. Let's see if you can do the other two.
Let x represent the number of Quilts. We can now set up the following equation:
x+2x=126
Combine like terms and divide by 3 to get:
x=42
OK, There are 42 quilts and 84 blankets.
Make sense?
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