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<p>This problem must have a fairly simple solution, but I can’t figure it out; I’ve tried it out a couple of times. Here it is:</p>

<p>a person spends 9.60 for jellybeans and chocolate
the chocolate costs 2 times as much as the jellybeans
the person buys 3 times as many jellybeans as of chocolate
how much did the person spend on chocolate?</p>

<p>The answer should be 3.84</p>

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<p>Let 2x be the price of chocolate and x be the price of jellybeans.</p>

<p>3x+2x= 9.60 (the 3x comes from 3 times the jellybeans)
5x= 9.60</p>

<p>x=1.92
Chocolate’s cost is 2x, so 2 x 1.92 is 3.84</p>

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<p>thank you very much. i was doing the problem using two different variables for the chocolate and jellybeans. i see what i did wrong now.</p>