8. A bag of marbles contains only purple and yellow marbles. The bag has three times as many yellow marbles as purple. The bag contains 164 total marbles. Write an equation or system of
equations to find out how many of each color of marble is in the bag. Define your variable(s)
and expressions. Show how you checked your answer.

Step-by-step explaA bag of marbles contains only purple and yellow marbles. The bag has three times as many yellow marbles as purple. The bag contains 164 total marbles. Write an equation or system of equations to find out how many of each color of marble is in the bag. Define your variable(s) and expressions. Show how you checked your answer.

2nation:

the answer is simply just 6n add the two together as they have an n

1/3

step-by-step explanation:

to find this, you can divide 12 by 4 which is 3 or you can multiply 4 until you reach 12 (4x3=12). both should give you 3, meaning theres three times less bananas than there are oranges.