SOLUTION: use an inequality to solve the problem. be sure to show all of your work. a bag of marbles has twice as many blue marbles as green marbles, and the bag has at least 33 marbles i

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Question 495085: use an inequality to solve the problem. be sure to show all of your work.
a bag of marbles has twice as many blue marbles as green marbles, and the bag has at least 33 marbles in it. at lease how many green marbles does it have?
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a bag of marbles has twice as many blue marbles as green marbles, and the bag has at least 33 marbles in it. at least how many green marbles does it have?
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b = 2g
b + g >= 33
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Substitute to get:
2g + g >= 33
3g >= 33
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green >= 11
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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