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Maria works at a bookstore. On Wednesday, she sold three times as many books as she did on Tuesday. On Thursday, she sold 8 fewer books then she did on Wednesday. During the three days, Maria sold 20 books. Create an equation that can be used to find m, the number of books Maria sold on Tuesday.

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x = Tuesday
y = Wednesday

x + 3x + y - 8 = 20


She sold 4 books Tuesday, 12 books Wednesday, and 4 books Thursday
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