Tim has twice as many marbles as Luke together they have 39 marbles how many marbles does time have

Mathematics · Middle School · Tue Nov 03 2020

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Let Luke has x marbles 

then, Tim has 2x marbles.

 

Now, x + 2x = 39 

               3x = 39

                x = 39/3

                x = 13

 

2x = 2*13 

    =26

 

Thus, Luke has 13 and Tim has 26 marbles.