Nate and Maya are building model cars. Maya's car is 3 inches less than 2 times the length of Nate's car. The sum of the lengths

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Nate and Maya are building model cars. Maya's car is 3 inches less than 2 times the length of Nate's car. The sum of the lengths

of both cars is 26 inches. Write an equation to determine the lengths of Nate's and Maya's cars.
x + 3 − 2x = 26
x + 2x = 26
2x − 3 = 26
x + 2x − 3 = 26

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frez [133] · Answer 1 · 2022-09-20T01:39:32+03:00

frez [133]3 years ago

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Answer:

x+2x-3

because nates car is x and mayas is 2x-3