Question

Burt & ernie went to the toy store & saw a total of 51 rubber duckies. they saw twice as many yellow as orange. let y = the # of yellow duckies & r = the # of orange duckies. write a system that could be used to find the total of each color & then solve.

Answer 1

Y +r = 51
y = 2r

There are 34 yellow rubber ducks.
There are 17 orange rubber ducks.