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a school ordered three large boxes of board markers after giving 15 markers to each of three teachers there were ninety X the diagram represents the situation how many markers were original in the

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Determine the value of x.


\begin{gathered} x-15+x-15+x-15=90 \\ 3x=90+45 \\ x=(135)/(3) \\ =45 \end{gathered}

So there are 45 markers originally in each box.

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