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Mari and Jen each work 20 hours a week at different jobs. Mari earns twice as much as Jen. Together they earn$480. Write an equation to represent the above situation.

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2(20x) + 20x = 480

If you want to know the answer Mari earned 320 dollars and Jen earned 160
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