Casey has a collection of 39 amusement park pins. The pins are from an amusement park in Florida and an amusement park in Virginia. There are twice as many pins from the amusement park in Florida. How many pins are from the amusement park in Virginia?

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Answer:

13 pins

Step-by-step explanation:

2x=Florida

x=Virginia

39=2x+x

39=3x

÷3 ÷3

13=x

26 pins are from city V.

Let,

x = number of pins from city F.

y = number of pins from city V.

According to the question:

[tex]x+y=39\\y = 2x[/tex]

Solving them, [tex]x = 13, y=26[/tex]

So 26 pins are from city V.

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