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a bag contains purple marbles and blue marbles 23 in all the number of purple markers 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 23 in all the number of purple markers is 8 more than 4 times the number of blue marbles.How many purple marbles are there?

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x = blue marbles
8 + 4x = purple marbles

x + 8 + 4x = 23
5x + 8 = 23
5x = 15
x = 3
8 + 4x = 20

There are 20 purple marbles. Hope this helps!
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