Linear Equation Problem - Apples and Oranges

[squance]

Hey can someone help me with this one please? It confuses me alot

A basket contains only apples and oranges. There are three times as many apples as oranges. if two apples are removed from the basket , there will then be twice as many apples as oranges. How many appples and oranges are in the basket? (Algebraic solution please)

[Mao]

let a be apples and o be oranges:

let (1) be
let (2) be









there were 6 apples and 2 oranges

[Collin Li]

In terms of practical algebraic notation, try to use letters that don't look very similar, so I would have used and instead. Trivial, but could be useful to preventing stupid mistakes.

[enwiabe]

Capital O looks a lot like 0.

[Collin Li]

Capital O looks a lot like 0.

Good point. Maybe and is better... whatever works for you . My 0's can look like 6's because of the way I write them