Jay and Blair went fishing. Together they catch 27 fish. Jay catch 2 times as many fish as Blair. How many fish did Jay and Blair each catch. Write an equation and solve. Explain your work.
We can solve this using the equation 2x+x=27. The 2x represents Jay, and the x represents Blair. We can simplify the equation to 3x=27. 27/3=9. Blair caught 9 fish, and Jay caught 18 fish. I hope this helps!
