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amare worked twice as many hours as jing. together , amare and jing worked a total or 42 hours. How many hours did each person work

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Let

x = the number of hours Amare worked

y = the number of hours Jing worked

x = 2y

x + y = 42

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x = 28 hoyrs

y = 14 hours

Amare worked 28 hours.

Jing worked 14 hours.