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Lindsay has 9 blue envelopes. She has 7 fewer yellow envelopes than blue envelopes. She has 4 times as many green envelopes as yellow envelopes. How many envelopes does Lindsay have in all?

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She has 19 total.

Start out with 9 blue.

7 fewer yellow would be 2 yellow.

4 times as many green as yellow is 2 times 4 which is 8.

9+2= 11

11+8= 19
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