Question

) 30 marbles are to be divided into three bags so that the second bag has three times as many marbles as the first bag and the third bag has twice as many as the first bag. If x is the number of marbles in the first bag, find the number of marbles in each bag.

Answer 1

The number of marbles in the first bag= 5

The number of marbles in the second bag = 15

The number of marbles in the third bag = 10

Explanation:

Given that

Total number of marbles= 30

Lets take, the number of marbles in the first bag= x

The number of marbles in the second bag = 3 x

The number of marbles in the third bag = 2 x

Therefore

The total number of marbles = x + 2 x + 3 x = 6 x

6 x = 30

`x=(30)/(5)`

x= 6 marbles

We can say that

The number of marbles in the first bag= 5

The number of marbles in the second bag = 15

The number of marbles in the third bag = 10