SOLUTION: Carter has a large marble collection. Carter knows that he has exactly 20 blue marbles in his collection, but does not know how many marbles he has in all. Carter mixes up his marb

Question 836891: Carter has a large marble collection. Carter knows that he has exactly 20 blue marbles in his collection, but does not know how many marbles he has in all. Carter mixes up his marbles and randomly selects 40 marbles. Of the 40 marbles that he chose, 4 were blue. How many marbles does Carter have in total?
Answer by richard1234(7193) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Not enough info. All you know is that Carter has at least 36 marbles that are not blue, which means that he has at least 56 marbles.
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