Double the number of apples

Adam and Ben were picking apples. Together they picked 77 kg of apples. How much did each collect, given that Adam collected 5 kg more than twice what Ben collected?

Final Answer:

a =  53 kg
b =  24 kg

Step-by-step explanation:

a+b=77  kg a = 5 kg + 2b  (5+2b)+b=77  (5+2 b)+b=77  3b=72  b=372=24  b=24  a=5+2 b=5+2 24=53 kg



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