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They discovered that altogether, they went to the movies 30 times last year. clio went 5 times as often as alex. bernice went 2 more times than alex. how many times did clio go to the movies last year?
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They discovered that altogether, they went to the movies 30 times last year. clio went 5 times as often as alex. bernice went 2 more times than alex. how many times did clio go to the movies last year?

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The answer is 20.

Clio went to the movies 20 times

User Cheesemacfly
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Let a represent the number of times alex went to the movies. The total is then
.. 30 = 5a +(a +2) +a = 7a +2
.. a = (30 -2)/7 = 4
.. 5a = 5*4 = 20

Clio went to the movies 20 times last year.

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Alex went 4 times; Bernice went 6 times.
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