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A bag contains 56 marbles ,some red ,some yellow ,some blue,there are half as many red as blue and eight more yellow than red .h

ow many of each color are there?

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Delicious77 [7]3 years ago

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Let red marbles be x.

Blue : 2x
Red : x
Yellow : x+8

2x + x + x + 8 = 56
4x = 48
x = 12

Red marbles: 12
Blue : 24
Yellow: 20

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