Question

A box contains orange balls and green balls. The number of green balls is seven more than three times the number of orange balls. If there are 67 balls altogether, how many green balls and how many orange balls are there in the box?

Answer 1

Answer:

52 green, 15 orange

Step-by-step explanation:

g + o = 67   g = green, o = orange, x = total

g = 3o + 7

use substitution: (3o + 7) + o = 67

solve for o:

4o + 7 = 67

4o = 60

o = 60/4 = 15

solve for g:

g + 15 = 67

g = 52