A familydrove a total of 540 miles in two days. They drove twice asfar on Tuesda

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A familydrove a total of 540 miles in two days. They drove twice asfar on Tuesday as they did on Monday. How far did they driveon Monday? On Tuesday?

Answer is 360 on Tuesday and 180 on Monday, but how? Explain thesteps because I an confused......PLZ A familydrove a total of 540 miles in two days. They drove twice asfar on Tuesday as they did on Monday. How far did they driveon Monday? On Tuesday?

Answer is 360 on Tuesday and 180 on Monday, but how? Explain thesteps because I an confused......PLZ

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first set up question into an equation 540= x+2x x represents how many miles driven on monday so 2x equals howmany miles driven on Tuesday so you add them solve: 540=3x (divide both sides by 3) 180=x now you have the amount of miles driven on mondayso multiply by 2 to get the amount of miles driven onTuesday 180x2=360

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