Abowl contained 13 red and brown m& m's. there was one more red m& m than brown m& m. how many of each color are in the bowl ?

6 brown m&m.

7 red m&m.

Step-by-step explanation:

Let B represent brown M&M's and R represent red M&M's.

We have been given that a bowl contained 13 red and brown M&M's. We can represent this information in an equation as:

We are also told that there was one more red m&m than brown m&m. We can represent this information in an equation as:

Upon substituting equation (2) in equation (1), we will get:

Therefore, there are 6 brown m&m.

Upon substituting in equation (2), we will get:

Therefore, there are 7 red m&m.

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