SOLUTION: I cannot understand how to even start this problem.
Each car in a fleet of 24 rental cars is either red or blue. There are 3 more blue cars than twice the number of red ones. H
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Question 7996: I cannot understand how to even start this problem.
Each car in a fleet of 24 rental cars is either red or blue. There are 3 more blue cars than twice the number of red ones. How many red ones are there? Answer by CharStar(110) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Since you don't know how many red cars there are, Red is X.
Since you do know how many blue cars there are, Blue is 2x+3 (twice red X plus 3)
The total cars is 24.
The equation is:
Factor the equation
Subtract 3 from both sides
Red x= 7
Blue 2(7)+3= 17
Total = 24
I hope that helps you
CharStar
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