Difference between revisions of "2012 AMC 10B Problems/Problem 4"
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Revision as of 19:06, 25 February 2012
Problem 4
When Ringo places his marbles into bags with 6 marbles per bag, he has 4 marbles left over. When Paul does the same with his marbles, he has 3 marbles left over. Ringo and Paul pool their marbles and place them into as many bags as possible, with 6 marbles per bag. How many marbles will be left over?
Solution
In total, there were marbles left from both Ringo and Paul.
=1R1. This means that that there is
marbles left or