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Michael and Minnie are gathering coats for a coat-drive at their school. Minnie gathers 3 times as many coats as Michael and together they have 52 coats. How many coats did Michael contribute?
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Michael and Minnie are gathering coats for a coat-drive at their school. Minnie gathers 3 times as many coats as Michael and together they have 52 coats. How many coats did Michael contribute?

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I played with a couple of numbers and 13×3=39 and 39+13=52
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Michael contributed 13 coats
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