Aruna, Varuna, and Suja together have 273 marbles with them. Aruna says, the number of marbles she has is 5 less than twice the number of marbles with varuna. Suja says that she has 14 more marbles than that of varuna. find the number of marbles each one has

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$H i, L e t t h e m a r b l e w i t h v a r u n = x s o m a r b l e s w i t h a r u n a = 2 x - 5 a n d m a r b l e s w i t h t h e S u j a = x + 14 n o w a l l o f t h e m h a v e 273 m a r b l e s s o x + 2 x - 5 + x + 14 = 273 4 x = 273 - 9 = 264 x = 66 s o m a r b l e w i t h v a r u n = 66 s o m a r b l e s w i t h a r u n a = 2 \times 66 - 5 = 127 a n d m a r b l e s w i t h t h e S u j a = 66 + 14 = 80$

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Aruna, Varuna, and Suja together have 273 marbles with them. Aruna says, the number of marbles she has is 5 less than twice the number of marbles with varuna. Suja says that she has 14 more marbles than that of varuna. find the number of marbles each one has

Hi, Let the marble with varun = x so marbles with aruna = 2x-5and marbles with the Suja = x+14now all of them have 273 marbles so x+2x-5+x+14=2734x=273-9=264x = 66so marble with varun = 66 so marbles with aruna = 2×66-5=127and marbles with the Suja =66+14=80