Question

A bag contains purple marbles and yellow marbles, 52 in total. The number of purple marbles is 4 more than 3 times the number of yellow marbles. How many purple marbles are there?

Answer 1

40

Explanation:

P= purple marbles

Y= yellow marbles

P+y=52

P=3y+4

Anyways. I got it wrong and the website says 40.

Answer 2

16

Explanation:

This question can be modeled using the equation 3x+4=52 (x is the purple marbles). To solve this equation subtract 4 from both sides, making it 3x=48. divide both by three showing x=16. This shows that 16 is the answer.