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10 October, 04:45

A bag contains purple marbles and white marbles, 42 in total. The number of purple

marbles is 7 more than 4 times the number of white marbles. How many purple

marbles are there?

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  1. 10 October, 05:30
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    k=7

    Step-by-step explanation:

    Pythagoras: a^2+b^2=c^2

    5^2+x^2=k^2

    25+x^2=49

    x^2=24

    x~4.899

    C (x) = 1000 (8 - x) + 2000k + 25

    =8000-1000x+14000+25

    =22000-1000x+25~17101+25

    so it's option D
  2. 10 October, 08:00
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    35

    Step-by-step explanation:

    let x be the number of white marbles and y be the number of purple marbles

    this implies that,

    y = 42-x

    also y = 7+4x

    equate the two equations for y

    42-x = 7+4x

    collect like terms

    42-7 = 4x + x

    35 = 5x

    divide both sides by the coefficient of x which is 5

    35/5 = 5x/5

    x = 7

    substitute the value of x into the first equation

    y = 42-x = 42 - 7 = 35

    there are 35 purple marbles.
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