<PRE><B>Question 232415</B>
Copier X printed HALF as many as copier Y, so Y copied TWICE as many as copier X.  This might be easier, since I clears the fractions:


Y=2X,
X+Y= 159


Substitute Y=2X into the second equation:
X+2X=159
3x=159
x=53

Y=2X
Y=2*53
Y=106


Dr. Robert J. Rapalje, Retired
Seminole State College of Florida
Altamonte Springs Campus 



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