SOLUTION: Anna has a collection of $120$ marbles, each of which is either red or blue. If Anna has $135$ more red marbles than blue marbles, how many blue marbles does she have?

Question 1209007: Anna has a collection of $120$ marbles, each of which is either red or blue. If Anna has $135$ more red marbles than blue marbles, how many blue marbles does she have?

Found 2 solutions by math_tutor2020, ikleyn:
Answer by math_tutor2020(3817) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

How can she have 120 marbles total, but also have 135 more red compared to blue?
There is a typo somewhere in this question.

Answer by ikleyn(52786) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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It recalls me a humoristic description of a mad-house in a classic novel of one classic author.

He describes a personage of this mad-house, who stated that inside of the Earth globe
there is another sphere of a greater diameter.

My lovely humor.

The blind begin to walk and the mute begin to see.

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