Ben has collected one more marble than three times the number of marbles as jerry. together they have 229. how many marbles does

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ivanzaharov [21]

2 years ago

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Ben has collected one more marble than three times the number of marbles as jerry. together they have 229. how many marbles does

ben have?

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Margarita [4] · Answer 1 · 2022-03-14T12:01:32+03:00

Margarita [4]2 years ago

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Working backwards, we first subtract 1. That is 228. Next you divide 228 by 4, which is how many parts they have in all. That is 57. 57 times 3 is how much ben has. Your answer is 171.