Ryan has a mix of action and sports games for a total of 39 video games. His action collection is three more than half his sports collection. How many action games and how many sports games does he have? a = S =

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than half his sports collection. How many action games and how many sports games does he have?
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Given : Ryan has a mix of action and sports games for a total of 39 video games.

Let 'a' denote the number of action video games collection.

Let 's' denote the number of sports video games collection.

Then, we have,

a+s=39             1

His action collection is three more than half his sports collection. 

a=3+12sa=6+s22a=6+s2a-s=6     2

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