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PLEASE ANSWER THIS:

There are 45 marbles in a bag If there are red, blue, green and yellow marbles and 1/3 of the marbles are red, 2/5 are blue and one third of the number of marbles are green, how many yellow marbles are in the bag.

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Answer: Doesn't seem to be possible.

Step-by-step explanation: When we add all of the equivalent fractions, 15/45, 15/45, and 18/45, we get 48 marbles in the bag. You stated there were 45, making this impossible.

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