Nitya and satya have some marbles with them. Nitya says to Satya, "If you give one marble to me, we will have equal number of marbles." Satya says to Nitya," If you give me one marble. i will have twice the number of marbles you have" how many marbles do nitya and satya have respectively?
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let the no.of marbles present with nitya be (x)..
and near satya be (y)..
so, if satya will give one marble to nitya then they will have equal marbles..
so,y-1=x+1....(1)
x-1=2x....(2)
now add (1)and (2)..
y-1+x+1=x+1+2x
y+x=3x+1
y=2x+1..
so,satya will have twice the marbles of nitya+1,,,....
and near satya be (y)..
so, if satya will give one marble to nitya then they will have equal marbles..
so,y-1=x+1....(1)
x-1=2x....(2)
now add (1)and (2)..
y-1+x+1=x+1+2x
y+x=3x+1
y=2x+1..
so,satya will have twice the marbles of nitya+1,,,....
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