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2 October, 20:42

A bag contains yellow marbles and red marbles, 77 in total. The number of yellow marbles is 5 more than 3 times the number of red marbles. How many yellow marbles are there?

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  1. 2 October, 20:47
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    41

    Step-by-step explanation:

    yellow marbles=5 + 3r (r is the number of red marbles)

    red marbles=3r

    3r+3r+5=77

    6r=77-5

    6r=72

    r=72/6=12

    yellow marbles = 5 + 3r

    5 + 12 x 3

    5 + 36

    =41
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