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Lucas has an insect collection that contains only ants and beetles. On Tuesday sergio did not have much luck finding insects to add to his collection. The number of ants plus twice the number of beetles was only eight. The difference between the number of ants and beetles was -4. How many ants and beetles did he catch?​

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Lucy caught 0 ants and 4 beetles on tuesday which he added to his collection.

What is an equation?

An equation is an expression that shows the relationship between two or more numbers and variables.

Let x represent the number of ants and y represent the number of beetles. Hence:

x + 2y = 8   (1)

also:

x - y = -4   (2)

x = 0, y = 4

Lucy caught 0 ants and 4 beetles on tuesday which he added to his collection.

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