Hank opened 36% of his emails. If he opened 27 emails, how many did he have in his inbox?

Answer:60ish

Step-by-step explanation:

Let the two marbles number be purple, P and red marbles be R.

P + R = 43 ... Eq ... 1

As per statement the number of purple marbles is 1 less than 3 times the number of red marbles

P = 3R - 1 ... Eq ... 2

Now substituting the value of P from Eq ... 2 to Eq ...1

P + R = 43

3R - 1 + R = 43

3R + R = 43 + 1

4R = 44

R = 44/4

R = 11