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Billy and Sam started with the same number of baseball cards in their collections. Billy collected 3 cards per week and now has 29 cards. Sam collected 2 cards per week and now has 20 cards. Let x represent the number of cards they began with, and let y represnt the number of weeks. Which system of equations represents this situation?

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x+3y=29
x+27=20
These are the two equations for the given problem
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Answer:

x+3y=29

x+2y=20

Explanation:

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