Question

Irfan says that he has 7 marbles more than five times the marbles Parmit has.
Irfan has 37 marbles. How many marbles does Parmit have?
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Answer 1

5x = 37 − 7 = 30 (Transposing 7 to R.H.S.) Therefore, Parmit has 6 marbles.

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Answer 2

Answer:

let the marble parmit have be x

• therefore, 5x ➕ 7=37
• therefore, 5x=30
• therefore, x=6
• therefore, parmit have 6 marbals