Mushrooms

Eva and Jane collected 114 mushrooms together. Eve found twice as much as Jane. How many mushrooms found each of them?

Result

x =  76
y =  38

Solution:


x+y=114
x = 2y

x+y = 114
x-2y = 0

x = 76
y = 38

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