Question 360582: Please help me set up and solve.
30 marbles are to be divided into 3 bags so that the second bag has 3 times as many marbles as the first bag and the third bag has twice as many as the first bag. If X is the number of marbles in the first bag, find the number of marbles in each bag.
Answer by stanbon(75887)   (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! 30 marbles are to be divided into 3 bags so that the second bag has 3 times as many marbles as the first bag and the third bag has twice as many as the first bag. If X is the number of marbles in the first bag, find the number of marbles in each bag.
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1st bag: x
2nd bag:3x
3rd bag:2x
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Equation:
x + 3x +2x = 30
6x = 30
x = 5 (# in 1st bag)
2x= 10 (# in 3rd bag)
3x = 15 (# in 2nd bag)
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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