Problema Solution
In an episode of the Powerpuff girls, buttercup defeats twice as many villains as blossom. Bubbles defeated 6 less villains than blossom. If the Powerpuff girls defeated a total of 74 villains, how many villains did buttercup defeat?
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There are 3 Powerpuff girls: Blossom, Bubbles and Buttercup.
Let 'x' represent the number of villains that Blossom defeated.
Then '2x' is the number of villains that Buttercup defeated and 'x - 6' is the number of villains that Bubbles defeated.
x + 2x + (x - 6) = 74 (since the total number of villains defeated is 74)
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x = 20 villains
2*20 = 40
Buttercup defeated 40 villains.