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A bag contains blue marbles and red marbles, 58 in total. The number of blue marbles is 4 more than 5 times the number of red marbles. How many blue marbles are there?

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Answer:

49 blue marbles

Step-by-step explanation:

From the question we are given;

  • Total number of marbles = 58
  • Blue marbles are 4 more than 5 times the red marbles

We need to determine the number of blue marbles;

Assuming the number of red marbles is x

Then, blue marbles will be 5x + 4

Therefore;

x + 5x + 4 = 58

6x + 4 = 58

6x = 54

  x = 9

5x + 4 = 5(9) + 4 = 49

Therefore, the red marbles are 9 while the blue marbles are 49

Hence there are 49 blue marbles

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