Problema Solution

There are 15 fewer than three times as many marching band members as there are color guard members. There are 105 members of the marching band. How many members are in the color guard?

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Let 'x' represent the number of members of the color guard.

3x - 15 = 105

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x = 40 members of the color guard

There are 40 members in the color guard.