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Question 3

Senja has 105 solid-colored disks that are either red, blue, or green. She lines them up on the floor and finds that there are
30 more red disks than green and 21 more green disks than blue. How many red disks does she have?
A. 11
B
18
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C. 32
D. 52
E. 62

User Travis Reeder
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Answer:

E. 62

Explanation:

Answer:

blue = 32

red = 62

User Wrangler
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Answer:

E. 62

Explanation:

If we let r, g, b represent the numbers of red, green, and blue disks, respectively, we are given the following relations:

r + g + b = 105 . . . . there are 105 disks, total

r -g = 30 . . . . . . . . . there are 30 more reds than greens

g -b = 21 . . . . . . . . . there are 21 more greens than blues

We can use the third equation to substitute for b in the first equation.

b = g -21 . . . . . third equation solved for b

r + g + (g -21) = 105 . . . . substituted into the first equation

r +2g = 126 . . . . . . . . . . . add 21 and simplify

Now, we can use the second equation to substitute for g in the one we have just written.

g = r -30 . . . . . . second equation solved for g

r +2(r -30) = 126 . . . . . . substituted into our equation for r and g

3r = 186 . . . . . . . . . . . . . simplify and add 60

r = 62 . . . . . . . . . divide by 3

Senja has 62 red disks.

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Additional comment

g = 62 -30 = 32

b = 32 -21 = 11

Senja has 11 blue and 32 green disks, as well.

User Nikola Ninkovic
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