SOLUTION: Elmer and Rosy were playing a game.in each game the loser givesthe winner a marble from the marble jar.When they finished, elmer had won fifteen times and rosy had twenty two more

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Question 66077: Elmer and Rosy were playing a game.in each game the loser givesthe winner a marble from the marble jar.When they finished, elmer had won fifteen times and rosy had twenty two more marbles than when she started.How many games did they play?
Answer by stanbon(48558) (Show Source):
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Elmer and Rosy were playing a game.in each game the loser givesthe winner a marble from the marble jar.When they finished, elmer had won fifteen times and rosy had twenty two more marbles than when she started.How many games did they play?
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Elmer won fifteen games so Rosy lost 15 games and gave Elmer 15 marbles from the jar.
Rosy ended up with 22 marbles more than she had to start so Elmer must have lost 22 times.
Total number of games played was 15 + 22 = 37
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Cheers,
Stan H.