Homework Help: math

Posted by samantha on Thursday, February 3, 2011 at 9:00pm.

She has 16 bracelets. The number of earrings is 2 times the number of necklaces. she has 43 pieces of jewelry in all. How many of eac piece of jewelry does she have?

math - helper, Thursday, February 3, 2011 at 9:45pm
x = number of necklaces
2x = number of earrings

16 + x + 2x = 43
solve for x

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