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Question
Set up an equation in the following case:
Irfan says that he has 7 marbles more than five times the marbles Parmit has. Irfan has 37 marbles. (Take m to be the number of Parmit’s marbles.)
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Solution
Let Parmit has m marbles.
5 × Number of marbles Parmit has + 7 = Number of marbles Irfan has
5 × m + 7 = 37
5m + 7 = 37
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