Question

There are 20 purple or yellow marbles in a bag. The number of purple marbles is 4 less than 2 times the number of yellow marbles. How many purple marbles are in

the bag? How many yellow marbles are in the bag?
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Answer 1

12 purple marbles and 8 yellow marbles

Explanation:

If you double 8 and subtract 4 you get 12 which can be added with the 8 to get 20.