Question

A bag contains green marbles and red marbles, 42 in total. The number of green
marbles is 6 more than 5 times the number of red marbles. How many green marbles
are there?​

Answer 1

Answer:

The number of green marbles are 36.

Step-by-step explanation:

Given:

Total number of marble bag contains is 42.

The number of green marbles is 6 more than 5 times the number of red marbles.

Let the number of red marbles be $x$.

So, the number of green marbles = $6+5x$

Now, to get the number of green marbles.

According to question:

$x+(6+5x)=42$

$6x+6=42$

Subtracting 6 in both sides :

$6x+6-6=42-6$

$6x=36$

Now, by dividing 6 on both sides:

$6x\div 6=36\div 6$

$x=6$

The number of red marbles are 6.

And, the number of green marbles are $6+5x$

                                                                 = $6+5\times 6$

                                                                 =$6+30$

                                                                 = $36$

Therefore, the number of green marbles are 36.