Answer:
The measure of a snart is 2 and that of a snert is 8.
Step-by-step explanation:
Represent the size of a snert by e and that of a snart by a.
Then e - a = 6. This assumes that e > a.
2e + a = 18. Substitute e - 6 for a, obtaining:
2e + (e - 6) = 18.
Simplifying, we get
2e + e - 6 = 18, or
3e = 24, and so
e = 8
Remembering that e - a = 6, we have 8 - a = 6. Then a must be 2.
The measure of a snart is 2 and that of a snert is 8.
