Homework Help: math

Posted by Gabbie on Wednesday, March 14, 2012 at 7:24pm.

a blue box has 5 times as many marbles as a red box. the blue box has 24 more marbles than the red box. how many marbles are in each box?

math - PsyDAG, Thursday, March 15, 2012 at 11:17am
let red box = x, then blue box = 5x

5x - x = 24

Solve for x.

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