Carter has 5 times as many green marbles as yellow marble in his collection he has a 108 green and yellow marbles in all how manygreen marbles does Carter have

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Answer 1

First assign variables (letters that represent unknown number values) according to the information given. Therefore:

Let y = the number of yellow marbles

Let 5y = the number of green marbles

Together, the green and yellow marbles total 108, so:

5y + y = 108

Add like terms together to get:

6y = 108

Then divide both sides by 6 to isolate the variable y and not change the balance of the equation (whatever you do to one side, do to the other)

6y/6 = 108/6

y = 18, the number of yellow marbles

However, the question asked for the number of green marbles, which we know is 5y.

5y = 5(18) = 90

There are 90 green marbles in this problem.

Answer 2

Y = number of yellow marbles

5Y = number of green marbles

108 total marbles

Y + 5Y = 108

6Y = 108

Y = 18

5Y = 90

90 green marbles