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 1
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
.
Solution 2 (Completely Solve)
Let ,
,
,
, represent the amount of blue marbles in jar 1, the amount of green marbles in jar 1, the
the amount of blue marbles in jar 2, and the amount of green marbles in jar 2, respectively. We now have the equations,
,
,
, and
.
Since
and
, we substitute that in to obtain
.
Coupled with our third equation, we find that
, and that
. We now use this information to find
and
.
Therefore, so our answer is
.
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