2. Sarah has some blue marbles, twice as many red marbles as blue, and 8 yellow marbles. If she has a total of 32 marbles, how many red marbles does she have?
A.8
B.12
C.16
D.24

Given:

Number of  blue marbles, twice as many red marbles as blue, and 8 yellow marbles.

She has a total of 32 marbles.

To find:

The number of red marbles.

Solution:

Let number of blue marbles be x.

Then, number of red marbles = 2x

Number of yellow marbles = 8

Total number of marbles = 32

Now,

Number of red marbles

Therefore, there are 16 red marbles.

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