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mary and jolene are both growing tomatoes in thier backyards to sell.jolene had 3 times as many as mary.but birds had eaten 6 before she picked them all.for the season they have a total of 54 tomotoes.how many did mary grow?

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rick72
We can use the system of equation, where x = Mary and y = Jolene:
3x - 6 = y
x + y = 54

Hence,
x + (3x - 6) = 54
4x - 6 = 54
4x = 60
x = 15

And,
15 + y = 54
y = 39

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