Question

Zair has 48 marbles in his pocket. He has 3 more blues than the

yellow ones, and 4 times as many yellows as the red ones. How
many of each colored marble is there?

Answer 1

# yellow = 20

# blue = 23

# red = 5

Explanation:

let 'r' = # red marbles

let '4r' = # yellow marbles

let '3+4r' = # blue marbles

r + 4r + 3 + 4r = 48

9r + 3 = 48

9r = 45

r = 5

red = 5

yellow = 4(5) = 20

blue = 3+4(5) = 23