Let x be the number of trading cards Mr. Dominguez has.
Mr. Culver has 2 + 6x trading cards.
x + (2 + 6x) = 55
7x + 2 = 55
Mr. Dominguez and Mr. Culver both have baseball trading cards. Mr. Culver has 2 more than 6 times as many trading cards as Mr. Dominguez. Together they have 55 candy bars. Create a system of equations to represent the scenario above.
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