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A bag contains green marbles and red marbles, 59 in total. The number of green marbles is 1 less than 4 times the number of red marbles. How many green marbles are there?

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Answer:

59 + 1 = 60

5 units = 60

1 unit = 12

12 x 4 = 48

48 - 1 = 47

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47 Green Marbles, Hope this helps ;), comment if you have queries.

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