Question

A bag is filled with green and blue marbles. There are 49 marbles in the bag If there are 17 more green marbles than blue marbles, find the number of

green marbles and the number of blue marbles in the bag
The number of blue marbles is:
The number of green marbles is:

Answer 1

there are 33 green marbles and 16 blue marbles

Explanation:

if you minus 17 from 49 it gives you 32 and if you divide that by 2 it gives you 16 but then add 17 and it gives you 33 so there are 33 green marbles and 16 blue marbles