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New knots in the box. Your math instructor has a new box of knots. The number of unknots in the box is x, the number of trefoil knots in the box is y, and the number of figure-eight knots is z. You take all the knots out of the box and display them so each looks like the unknot, trefoil or figure-eight knot illustrated in Mindscape 20. Suppose you also know there are twice as many unknots as trefoil knots. If there are a total of 36 knots and 72 crossings, how many knots are there of each type?

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