Jane, Maria, and Ben each have a collection of marbles. Jane has 15 more marbles than Ben, and Maria has 2 times as many marbles as Ben. All together they have 95 marbles. Create an equation to determine how many marbles Jane has, Maria has, and Ben has?

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Lucy
Apr 17, 2018

Ben has 20 marbles, Jane has 35 and Maria has 40

Explanation:

Let x be the amount of marbles Ben has
Then Jane has #x+15# and Maria has #2x#

#2x+x+15+x=95#
#4x=80#
#x=20#

therefore, Ben has 20 marbles, Jane has 35 and Maria has 40

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