Question 1070427: A manager wants to separate his 24 employees into two teams. One team has six fewer members than twice the other team. Find the number of employees on each team by following a 5 step process: read the question, let x represent your unknowns, write and equations in words, translate the verbal equations into an algebraic equation and solve the equation.
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Answer by Boreal(15235)   (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Team 1 has x employees
Team 2 has 2x-6
The sum of the two teams is 24
Therefore, x+2x-6=24
3x-6=24
add 6 to both sides
3x=30
x=10
2x-6=14
Team 1 has 10 employees, and Team 2 has 14.
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