Question

.I bought 3 bags of marbles. My friend bought 1 bag and he also had 24 loose marbles. We discovered that we had exactly the same number of marbles. a. Make up and equation to show this information. (let x be the number of marbles in 1 bag) b. Solve the equation to determine how many marbles there are in each bag.Immersive Reader

Answer 1

3x = x + 24

x = 12 Marbles in each bag!

Explanation:

Given:

Total number of bag = 3

Find:

a. Equation

b. Find value of x

Computation:

a. 3x = x + 24

b. 3x = x + 24

3x - x = 24

2x = 24

x = 12

b. x = 12 Marbles in each bag!