SOLUTION: two children had 110 marbles between them. after one child lost half her marbles the other had lost 20 they had an equal number. how many did each start with and how many did they

Question 711572: two children had 110 marbles between them. after one child lost half her marbles the other had lost 20 they had an equal number. how many did each start with and how many did they finish with?
Answer by lwsshak3(11628) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
two children had 110 marbles between them. after one child lost half her marbles the other had lost 20 they had an equal number. how many did each start with and how many did they finish with?
**
let x=number of marbles 1st child started with
110-x=number of marbles 2nd child started with
..
x/2=(110-x)-20
x/2=90-x
3x=180
x=60
110-x=50
number of marbles 1st child started with=60
number of marbles 2nd child started with=50
number of marbles they finished with=x/2=90-x=30
RELATED QUESTIONS
Two children had 110 marbles between them. After one child had lost half her marbles and... (answered by lwsshak3)

Juliet gave her 1/5 of her marbles to Ken. After that, Ken gave 2/3 of what he had and an (answered by Edwin McCravy,greenestamps,MathTherapy)

Samuel had 48 marbles. He lost thirty-seven and a half of them. How many marbles had he... (answered by solver91311)

The ratio of the number of marbles May, Teddy and Sam had was 3:5:2. During a game, May... (answered by ankor@dixie-net.com)

Jane and jeffert had some marbles. Jane had 40 % more marble than jeffery. When jane lost (answered by ikleyn,greenestamps)

Brian and Rayyan shared a bag of marbles. 1/6 of Brian's share was equal to 1/4 of... (answered by josgarithmetic)

Brian and Rayan shared a bag of marbles. 1/6 of Brian's share was equal to 1/4 of... (answered by josgarithmetic,math_tutor2020,greenestamps)

Hello I am trying to figure out how to write this equation in my sons homework I worked... (answered by Alan3354)

Darlene had some marbles before she won an additional 17 from joe. Darlene then lost... (answered by Alex.33)