Sam and Edna have 56 marbles together Edna has 6 times more marbles than Sam. How many marbles does sam have ?

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asked Oct 2, 2018 209k views

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Brett Sutton · Answer 1 · 2018-10-09T07:22:01+0000

Answer: Sam 25 marbles.

Step-by-step explanation: Given that Sam and Edna have 56 marbles together and Edna has 6 times more marbles than Sam.

We are to find the number of marbles that Sam has.

Let x and y represents the number of marbles that Sam and Edna has respectively.

Then, according to the given information, we have

$x+y=56\\\\\Rightarrow y=56-x~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~(i)$

and

$y=x+6\\\\\Rightarrow 56-x=x+6\\\\\Rightarrow 2x=50\\\\\Rightarrow x=(50)/(2)\\\\\Rightarrow x=25.$

Thus, Sam has 25 marbles.