Question

Kalpana says that she has 8 marbles more than six times the marbles Pinky has. Kalpana has 50 marbles. How many marbles does Pinky have?

Answer 1

Answer:

Let

Pinky has x marbels

Kalpana has 8 marbels

Pinky has 6 times of x

6(x) = 8 marbels

x =8/6

x= 4/3

Answer 2

Answer:

7 Marbles

Step-by-step explanation:

Let the no. of marbles Pinky has be x.

Then,

the no. of marbles Kalpana has is=

6x+8=50 (Given Kalpana has 50 marbles)

Therefore, 6x=42

x=7

Therefore, Pinky has 7 marbles.

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