Answer:
Bill is given 5 bags of marbles, and joe is given 3 bags of marbles. Joe needs 20 more marbles to have the same number of marbles as Bill. How many marbles are in each bag?
Explanation:
- Our missing variable would be x, and so we can use an object that is unknown to represent x.
- First let's solve the equation.
- Subtract 3x from both sides.
- Now we have 2x = 20.
- Divide by 2 on both sides.
- x = 10.
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