Question

Rahul and Rohan have 45 marbles together. After losing 5 marbles each, the product of the number of marbles they both have now is 124. How to find out how many marbles they had to start with.​

Answer 1

Step-by-step explanation:

Say, the number of marbles Rahul had be x.

Then the number of marbles Rohan had = 45 – x.

The number of marbles left with Rahul after losing 5 marbles = x – 5

The number of marbles left with Rohan after losing 5 marbles = 45 – x – 5 = 40 – x

The product of number of marbles = 124

(x – 5) (40 – x) = 124

40x – x2 – 200 + 5x = 124

– x2 + 45x – 200 = 124

x2 – 45x + 324 = 0

This represents the quadratic equation. Hence by solving the given equation for x, we get;

x = 36 and x = 9

So, the number of marbles Rahul had is 36 and Rohan had is 9 or vice versa