Question

A bag of marbles had 22 black marbles and the rest were red. For a game, 24 marbles were chosen from the bag. Of these 24 marbles chosen, 2/3 were black.Use this information to answer the questions below. If not enough information is given to answer a question, click on "Not enough information."(a) How many marbles were in the bag before the game?(b) How many of the bag's black marbles were chosen?(C) How many of the bag's black marbles were not chosen?

Answer 1

(a)Not Enough Information

(b)16

(c)6

Step-by-step explanation:

The number of black marbles in the bag = 22

(a)There is not enough information to determine how many marbles were in the bag before the game.

(b)Out of the 24 marbles chosen, 2/3 were black.

Thus, the number of the bag's black marbles that were chosen is:

`(2)/(3)*24=16\text{ black marbles}`

(c)The number of black marbles in the bag = 22

The number that was chosen = 16 (from part b)

Therefore, the number of black marbles that were not chosen:

`22-16=6\text{ black marbles}`