SOLUTION: Tom and Davis have 480 marbles betewwn them. Tom arranges them in columns with 6 in each column. David arranges them with 9 in each column. The total number of columns is 72. E

Question 109834: Tom and Davis have 480 marbles betewwn them. Tom arranges them in columns with 6 in each column. David arranges them with 9 in each column. The total number of columns is 72. Express the above information in the form of an algebriac equation
Answer by HyperBrain(694) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
IF Tom arranges them in columns with 6 in each column, then he formed columns
IF David arranges them with 9 in each column. The total number of columns is 72, then he formed columns

And, the total no. of columns is 72. Thus,

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