
is in quadrant I, so

, which means

, so

belongs to the same quadrant.
Now,

Since

, it follows that

Since

belongs to the first quadrant, you take the positive root (

for

in quadrant I). Then


is also positive for

in quadrant I, so you take the positive root again. You're left with
1/9 of total marbles = 1/9 × 36 = 4
so Alexis gave 4 marbles to Sara.
And so Alexis is left behind with 32 (36-4) marbles and so Sara have 4 marbles now
And then Matt and Adam ending up falling in love
Hi,
Here is the equation.

Each person would get 4.28 marbles.
Hope this helps.
r3t40