Problema Solution
IF DAVID AND AMELIA HAD AN EQUAL NUMBER OF MARBLES. AFTER AMRITA GAVE 50 MARBLES 2 DAVID, HE HAD 5 TIMES AS MANY MARBLES AS HER.FIND THE TOTAL NUMBER OF MARBLES THEY HAD?
Answer provided by our tutors
let 'x' represent the total number of marbles, then David and Amelia each had x/2 to start with
(x/2)+50 = 5(x/2-50)
solving for 'x' we have x=150
they had a total of 150 marbles