There are 27 red or blue marbles in a bag. the number of red marbles is 5 less than 3 times the number of blue marbles. how many red and blue marbles are in the bag?

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$6.42

step-by-step explanation:

we can set up an equation to find the girls' ages. the equation is         28=0.5x-5+x. (comment if you need me to explain how i got this equation.) so, you add x and 0.5x to get 1.5x and add 5 to each side. your new equation is 33=1.5x. now divide both sides of the equation by 1.5 to get 22=x. because x is mary's age, to find jasmine's age we subtract mary's age from 28. we find that mary is 22 years old and jasmine is 6 years old.