SOLUTION: a paint shop ordered 40 bottles of paint. they ordered 13 blue bottles and twice as many green bottles as orange bottles. how many of each bottle paint did they order?

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Question 690112:
a paint shop ordered 40 bottles of paint. they ordered 13 blue bottles and twice as many green bottles as orange bottles. how many of each bottle paint did they order?

Answer by checkley79(3341) About Me  (Show Source):
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13+2O+O=40
13+3O=40
3O=40-13
3O==27
O=27/3
O=9 BOTTLES OF ORANGE.
2*9=18 BOTTLES OF GREEN.
PROOF:
13+18+9=40
40=40