SOLUTION: (a) A box contains red and white marbles. The total number of marbles is 265. The number of red marbles is 37 more than the number of white marbles. How many marbles of each co
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Question 726505: (a) A box contains red and white marbles. The total number of marbles is 265. The number of red marbles is 37 more than the number of white marbles. How many marbles of each color are there in the box?
Answer by checkley79(3341) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
R=W+37
R+W=265
(W+37)+W=265
2W=265-37
2W=228
W=228/2
W=114 WHITE MARBLES.
R=114+37=151 RED MARBLES.
PROOF:
114+151=265
265=265
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