Problema Solution
by february 2012, nintendo had sold one and one half as many wii game machines World wide as Sony had sold PlayStation 3 consoles. Together, they had sold 154 million game machines. How many of each were sold?
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Let
x = the number of Wii game machines (in millions)
y = the number of PlayStation 3 consoles (in millions)
By February 2012, Nintendo had sold one and one half as many wii game machines World wide as Sony had sold PlayStation 3 consoles:
x = 1.5y
Together, they sold 154 million games machines in Japan:
x + y = 154
We have the following system of equations:
x = 1.5y
x + y = 154
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x = 92.4 millions of Wii game machines
y = 61.6 millions of PlayStation 3 consoles