Question

sean had 40 red marbles and 36 green marbles.he won some more red marbles and the number of green marbles is now 2/5 of sean total marbles. how many red marbles did he win

Answer 1

14

Explanation:

*Notice that number of green marbles did not change throughout

Therefore,

36 green marbles -> 2/5 of Sean total marbles

Sean's total marbles = 36/2 *5 = 90

Number of red marbles won = 90-36-40 = 14