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Each marble bag sold by Ann's Marble Company contains 3 purple marbles for every 4 yellow marbles. If a bag has 36 yellow marbles, how many purple marbles does it contain?
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Each marble bag sold by Ann's Marble Company contains 3 purple marbles for every 4 yellow marbles. If a bag has 36 yellow marbles, how many purple marbles does it contain?

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Sorry but do you know The two lines graphed below are not parallel. How many solutions are there to the system of equations?
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3/4 = x / 36....3 purple to 4 yellow = x purple to 36 yellow
cross multiply
4x = 108
x = 108/4
x = 27....there are 27 purple marbles
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