Question 1173029: Chloé, Émilie and Jordan are playing marbles. Emily has 7 marbles more than double Chloe's marbles, and Jordan has 15 marbles less than triple Chloe's marbles. Knowing that Emilie and Jordan have the same number of marbles, how many do each have?
Answer by ikleyn(52817)   (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! .
Hello, your task is to construct an equation, right ?
Your equation should be
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| Emilie = Jordan. (*) |
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(simply because it CAN NOT be nothing else).
So, let x = # of marbles Chloe has.
Then Emilie has 2x + 7 marbles (from the condition),
Jordan has 3x - 15 marbles.
Thus your equation (*) takes the form
2x + 7 = 3x - 15.
Solve it using basic Algebra; then complete the solution on your own.
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