2019 AMC 10B Problems/Problem 11
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Problem
Two jars each contain the same number of marbles, and every marble is either blue or green. In Jar the ratio of blue to green marbles is
, and the ratio of blue to green marbles in Jar
is
. There are
green marbles in all. How many more blue marbles are in Jar
than in Jar
?
Solution
Call the number of marbles in each jar (because the problem specifies that they each contain the same number). Thus,
is the number of green marbles in Jar
, and
is the number of green marbles in Jar
. Since
, we have
, so there are
marbles in each jar.
Because is the number of blue marbles in Jar
, and
is the number of blue marbles in Jar
, there are
more marbles in Jar
than Jar
. This means the answer is
.
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