A jar contains marbles,
each of which is either red, yellow, or green. The ratio of the number
of red marbles to the number of yellow marbles to the number of green
marbles is . If marbles of each colour are removed,
the new ratio of the number of red marbles to the number of yellow
marbles to number of green marbles is
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Solution
Let the number of red marbles be , the number of yellow marbles be , and the number of green marbles be
.
Note that the ratio of the number of red marbles to the number of yellow
marbles to the number of green marbles is , as is given.
The total number of marbles is 600, and so or , and so .
Thus, the number of red marbles is , the number of yellow
marbles is , and the
number of green marbles is .
If marbles of each colour are
removed, the number of red marbles is , the number of yellow marbles
is , and the number of
green marbles is . In
this case, the new ratio of the number of red marbles to the number of
yellow marbles to the number of green marbles is .
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