John and Tom invited 27 friends to make popcorn and watch an outdoor movie. Tom invited twice as many friends as John. How many

Question

2 years ago

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did each brother invite? nice step by step work pls

1 answer:

steposvetlana [31] · Answer 1 · 2022-06-14T20:58:45+03:00

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Answer:

Step-by-step explanation:

Remark

You can do this with just 1 unknown.

John = x

Tom = 2x

Solution

x + 2x = 27 Combine the left

3x = 27 Divide by 3

3x/3 = 27/3

x = 9

Conclusion

John invited 9

Tom invited 18