The manager of a farmer's market has 400 lb of grain that costs $1.40 per pound. How many pounds of meal costing $0.80 per pound
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X - the number of pencils
y - the number of pens
She has twice as many pencils as she has pens.
Tom borrows a pen, so she has y-1 pens. Now she has ten less pens than pencils.
Set 2y and y+9 equal to each other:
She has 9 pens.
y - the number of pens
She has twice as many pencils as she has pens.
Tom borrows a pen, so she has y-1 pens. Now she has ten less pens than pencils.
Set 2y and y+9 equal to each other:
She has 9 pens.