A magician has a top hat with 20 red marbles and a top hat with 30 blue marbles. If he takes away 3 red marbles and four times as many blue marbles as red marbles (without looking), how many marbles in total does he have left? Give me reasons, before answering the question
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He had 20 red marbles and took away 3 leaving 20 - 3 = 17 red marbles. He took 4 times as many blue marbles as red marbles which is 4 * 3 = 12 blue marbles. He took 12 blue marbles from 30 leaving 30 - 12 = 18 blue marbles. He now has 17 + 18 = 35 marbles left. So the final answer is 35.
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