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Adam, Ben and Carlos shared some marbles. Adam received 1/5 of the marbles. Ben received 18 more marbles than Adam. Carlos received 54 marbles. How many marbles did they have altogether?

Advanced Engineering Mathematics

10th Edition

ISBN:9780470458365

Author:Erwin Kreyszig

Publisher:Erwin Kreyszig

Chapter2: Second-order Linear Odes

Section: Chapter Questions

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