Question

Latika has 5 times as many green marbles as red marbles.If she removes (1/5) of green marbles,then how many green marbles are left with her?

Answer 1

Answer:

Step-by-step explanation:

Given Latika has 5 times as many green marbles as red marbles.If she removes (1/5) of green marbles,then how many green marbles are left with her?

Let  green marbles be 5 x and red marbles be x

So 1/5 of green marbles is 1/5 x 5x = x

5 x - x = 4 x

But in the question if it is mentioned total number of marbles as 1230 then

Green marbles = 5 x

Red marbles = x

Total 1230

So 5 x + x = 1230

 6 x = 1230

  x = 205

So 5 x will be 5 x 205 = 1025

Now 1/5 times of 1025 will be 205

Since we need only green marbles we get

1025 - 205 = 820 green marbles are left with her.