document.write( "Question 1134477: a bag contains black, white, and red marbles. the number of white marbles is 2 more than the number of black marbles, and the number of red marbles is 4 times the number of white marbles. which of the following could be the total number of marbles in the bag?\r
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black are x
\n" ); document.write( "white are x+2
\n" ); document.write( "red are 4(x+2)
\n" ); document.write( "Their sum is 4x+8+x+2+x, or 6x+10
\n" ); document.write( "It has to be an even number.
\n" ); document.write( "Ten subtracted from the choices above has to be evenly divisible by 6
\n" ); document.write( "46 would work with 6 black, 8 white and 32 red
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