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At the pet fair, darlenes dog weighed 5 times as much as Leah's dog. Together, the dogs weighed 84 pounds. How much did each dog weigh?
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At the pet fair, darlenes dog weighed 5 times as much as Leah's dog. Together, the dogs weighed 84 pounds. How much did each dog weigh?

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create a system of equations
At the pet fair, darlenes dog weighed 5 times as much as Leah's dog. Together, the-example-1
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Darlene's dog weighs 70 pounds and Leah's dog weighs 14 pounds
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