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Rachel can make 3 bracelets in an hour. Oliver can make only 2 in an hour, but he already has 5 completed bracelets. Explain to Rachel how she can use a system of equations to determine when she will have the same number of bracelets as oliver. Use complete sentences.

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y=3x
y=2x+5
Then solve with substitution:
3x=2x+5
x=5
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