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Michael and Minnie are gathering coats for a coat-drive at their school. Minnie gathers 3 times as many coats as Michael and together they have 52 coats. How many coats did Mich…

Michael and Minnie are gathering coats for a coat-drive at their school. Minnie gathers 3 times as many coats as Michael and together they have 52 coats. How many coats did Mich…
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Michael and Minnie are gathering coats for a coat-drive at their school. Minnie gathers 3 times as many coats as Michael and together they have 52 coats. How many coats did Michael contribute?

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Let Michael be y and Minnie be x:

y + x = 52
3y = x

Solve for x and y.
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