document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=182649>Question 182649</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> This is from a worksheet.  Mathematics Essentials Grade 8 week 18 pg 52. <BR>\n" );
document.write( "I think I've got the right answer, but I don't know how to put it into an equation.  That is the part I need help with.  Here is the problem:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "There are fifty marbles in a sack: red, blue and green.  There are ten more green than blue marbles in the sack.  The probability of drawing a red or blue marble is one-half.  Write and solve an equation to determine how many of each color marble is in the sack.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "I figured the answer would be: blue 15, red 10 and green 25.  Can you help me determine the equation?  And is the answer right? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "There are fifty marbles in a sack: red, blue and green. There are ten more green than blue marbles in the sack. The probability of drawing a red or blue marble is one-half. Write and solve an equation to determine how many of each color marble is in the sack.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "I figured the answer would be: blue 15, red 10 and green 25. Can you help me determine the equation?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "let the number of red,blue,and green marbles be r,b,and g consecutively<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "g=b+10..........eq 1<BR>\n" );
document.write( "r+b=25..........eq 2---->r=25-b<BR>\n" );
document.write( "r+b+g=50........eq 3<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "take r+b's value of 25 from eq 2 and g's value of b+10 from eq 1 and plug those values into eq 3<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "25+b+10=50<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=highlight%28b=15%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"highlight%28b=15%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >number of blue marbles<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=highlight%28r=25-b=25-15=10%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"highlight%28r=25-b=25-15=10%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >number of red marbles<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=highlight%28g=b%2B10=15%2B10=25%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"highlight%28g=b%2B10=15%2B10=25%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >number of green marbles </SPAN>\n" );
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