Question

Sam and Edna have 56 marbles together Edna has 6 times more marbles than Sam. How many marbles does sam have ?

Answer 1

The answer is 8 marbles. 6*8=48. 48(ednas marbles) + 8(sam's marbles)=56.

Answer 2

Answer:  Sam 25 marbles.

Step-by-step explanation:  Given that Sam and Edna have 56 marbles together and  Edna has 6 times more marbles than Sam.

We are to find the number of marbles that Sam has.

Let x and y represents the number of marbles that Sam and Edna has respectively.

Then, according to the given information, we have

$x+y=56\\\\\Rightarrow y=56-x~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~(i)$

and

$y=x+6\\\\\Rightarrow 56-x=x+6\\\\\Rightarrow 2x=50\\\\\Rightarrow x=\dfrac{50}{2}\\\\\Rightarrow x=25.$

Thus, Sam has 25 marbles.