Question

Jack has some marbles. He has ten more red marbles than blue marbles. He has fewer yellow marbles than blue marbles.

Answer 1

Answer:

Jack has at least 15 marbles: 12 red, 2 blue and 1 yellow.

Step-by-step explanation:

1. Let's review the information given to us to solve the problem correctly:

Number of red marbles = 10 more than blue marbles

Number of yellow marbles fewer than blue marbles

2. How many of each color marble could Jack have?

r = Number of red marbles

b = Number of blue marbles

y = Number of yellow marbles

r = b + 10

y < b

If y = 1, then b ≥ 2, and r = b + 10,

fulfilling the three conditions, we have:

y = 1, b = 2, and r = 12