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A bag of marbles contains only purple and yellow marbles. The bag has three times as many yellow as purple, the bag contains 164 total marbles HOW MANY PURPLE MARBLES DOES IT CONTAIN??
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A bag of marbles contains only purple and yellow marbles. The bag has three times as many yellow as purple, the bag contains 164 total marbles

HOW MANY PURPLE MARBLES DOES IT CONTAIN??

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Answer:

41 purple marbles

Explanation:

x= amount of purple marbles

3x+x=164

4x=164

x=164/4=41

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