Question

A jar contains marbles that are green, red or blue,

1/6 of the marbles are red
1/3 of the marbles are blue
Given that there are 18 green marbles in the jar,
work out how many are blue,

Answer 1

36

Explanation:

Given:

1/6 of the marbles are red

1/3 of the marbles are blue

There are 18 green marbles in the jar

We can set up the following equations based on the given information:

Number of red marbles = 1/6 * x

Number of blue marbles = 1/3 * x

Number of green marbles = 18

Since the total number of marbles in the jar is "x", we can write the equation for the sum of all the marbles as:

(Number of red marbles) + (Number of blue marbles) + (Number of green marbles) = x

Substituting the values from the given information:

1/6 * x + 1/3 * x + 18 = x

Multiplying through by 6 to eliminate the fraction:

x/6 + 2x/6 + 18 = 6x/6

x + 2x + 108 = 6x

Combining like terms:

3x + 108 = 6x

Subtracting 3x from both sides of the equation:

3x + 108 - 3x = 6x - 3x

108 = 3x

Dividing both sides by 3 to solve for x:

108/3 = 3x/3

36 = x