SOLUTION: Jack has 5 less than the triple the number of marbles Jill has. Together they have 23 marbles. How many marbles does Jill have?

Question 1113921: Jack has 5 less than the triple the number of marbles Jill has. Together they have 23 marbles. How many marbles does Jill have?
Found 2 solutions by Shin123, josgarithmetic:
Answer by Shin123(626) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Jack=x Jill=y

so
in other words,
if you simplify that,

I don�t think you wrote the problem correctly.
Answer by josgarithmetic(39617) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Jill has x marbles.
Jack has 3x-5 marbles.

Together Jack and Jill have 23 marbles, given.

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Solve that equation for x and evaluate 3x-5.

-----------Jill has 7 marbles.

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-------------Jack has 16 marbles.
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