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joseph had 5 time as many marble as alex at first, joseph gave alex 42 marbles, alex had many marble as joseph, how many marble did alex and joseph altogether?
7 years ago

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Answered by Steve
j = 5a
j-42 = a+42

now solve for a and j.
7 years ago

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