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Burt & ernie went to the toy store & saw a total of 51 rubber duckies. they saw twice as many yellow as orange. let y = the # of yellow duckies & r = the # of orange duckies. write a system that could be used to find the total of each color & then solve.

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y +r = 51
y = 2r

There are 34 yellow rubber ducks.
There are 17 orange rubber ducks.
Burt & ernie went to the toy store & saw a total of 51 rubber duckies. they-example-1
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