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Tonya and Mike are sister and brother. Tonya has twice as many brothers as sisters, and...

Tonya and Mike are sister and brother. Tonya has twice as many brothers as sisters, and Mike has as many brothers as sisters. How many girls and boys are there in this family?

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det se be the number of boys and y be the number of girls in the family. For Tonya, Tonya has twice as many brothers and sist

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