A group of 33 people attended a ball game. There were twice as many children as adults in the group. Set up a system of equations that represents the numbers of adults and children who attended the game and solve the system to find the number of children who were in the group.

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jack1 · Answer

x = number of adults
y = number of kids

x + y = 33 people all up

twice as many kits as there were adults
so y = 2x

...that makin sense @babvgirl3 ?

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