document.write( "Question 1206870: There were 5/7 as many red marbles as blue marbles in a jar. Dave took some blue marbles out of the jar and replaced them with the same number of red marbles. The number of red marbles became 5/9 of all the marbles in the jar. Which of the following is a possible number of blue marbles that were replaced? \n" ); document.write( "
Algebra.Com's Answer #844566 by josgarithmetic(39617)![]() ![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! B blue marbles at first \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "x blue marbles removed and replaced with red marbles. \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "---------------------------------------------------------- \n" ); document.write( " red marbles became 5/9 of all the marbles in the jar. \n" ); document.write( "----------------------------------------------------------\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Two equations can be made. \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "- \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "7*9x=7*5*12B \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "Maybe something was missed. Did you have choices to pick from?\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "x and B must both be Natural numbers. See from the |