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Solving Application Problems: Set up an equation that can be used to solve the problem. Solve the equation and answer the question asked.    According to Wikipedia, the best-selling album in 2005 was Mariah Carey’s The Emancipation of Mimi. The best-selling album in 2004 was the album Confession by Usher. Confession sold 0.94 million copies less than twice the amount The Emancipation of Mimi sold. The sum of these two albums was 13.97 million copies. Determine the sales of both albums.
Solving Application Problems: Set up an equation that can be used to solve the problem. Solve the equation and answer the question asked.    According to Wikipedia, the best-selling album in 2005 was Mariah Carey’s The Emancipation of Mimi. The best-selling album in 2004 was the album Confession by Usher. Confession sold 0.94 million copies less than twice the amount The Emancipation of Mimi sold. The sum of these two albums was 13.97 million copies. Determine the sales of both albums.
Solving Application Problems: Set up an equation that can be used to solve the problem. Solve the equation and answer the question asked.    According to Wikipedia, the best-selling album in 2005 was Mariah Carey’s The Emancipation of Mimi. The best-selling album in 2004 was the album Confession by Usher. Confession sold 0.94 million copies less than twice the amount The Emancipation of Mimi sold. The sum of these two albums was 13.97 million copies. Determine the sales of both albums.

Explanation / Answer

Let no. of copies sold by Mimi be x

Let no. of copies sold by Usher be y

y = 2x - 0.94 ---(1)

y - 2x = -0.94

sum = 13.97 ; x+ y = 13.97 ---(2)

solve equation1 and 2 : -3x = - 14.91

x = 4.97 million copies ; y = 9 million copies

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