A bag contains purple marbles and blue marbles, 93 in total. The number of purple marbles is 8 more than 4 times the number of blue marbles. How many purple marbles are there?

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A bag contains purple marbles and blue marbles, 93 in total. The number of purple marbles is 8 more than 4 times the number of blue marbles. How many purple marbles are there?

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Answer:

Explanation:

Purple is (4x+8) Blue is x

4x + 8 + x = 93

5x + 8 = 93

5x =85

x =17

(4x+8) is then 76

Rongyan Xia answered Feb 16, 2020

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