Question

A bag is filled with marbles. Three fifths of the bag consists of 27 red marbles. The rest of the bag is filled with yellow marbles.

How many yellow marbles are in the bag?

Answer 1

18 yellow marbles.

Explanation:

Answer 2

There are 18 yellow marbles in the bag.

Explanation:

Let total marble be x,

3/5 of x = 27

or, 3x = 135

so, x = 45

Total = 45

Now,

yellow marbles = 45 - 27 = 18