SOLUTION: Garden one has 9 more bushes of red currants than garden two. If 3 bushes were transplanted from garden two to garden one, then garden one would have 1.5 times more bushes than gar

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Question 1098914: Garden one has 9 more bushes of red currants than garden two. If 3 bushes were transplanted from garden two to garden one, then garden one would have 1.5 times more bushes than garden two. How many currant bushes are there in garden one?
Answer by richwmiller(17219) About Me  (Show Source):
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DISABLED_event_one= two+9
one+3=1.5*(two+9-3)
two+9+3=1.5*(two+9-3)
two+12=1.5*(two+6)
two+12=1.5*two+9
3=.5*two
two=6
DISABLED_event_one= two+9
DISABLED_event_one= 6+9
DISABLED_event_one= 15