Percentage Question - Split

[Rheine1984]

A box contains some marbles. 42% of the marbles are blue, and 26% of the marbles are red. The rest are green marbles. There are 150 more blue marbles than green marbles. How many marbles are there in the box?

 

[topsquark]

A box contains some marbles. 42% of the marbles are blue, and 26% of the marbles are red. The rest are green marbles. There are 150 more blue marbles than green marbles. How many marbles are there in the box?

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[Deleted member 4993]

A box contains some marbles. 42% of the marbles are blue, and 26% of the marbles are red. The rest are green marbles. There are 150 more blue marbles than green marbles. How many marbles are there in the box?

The total number of marbles in the box (FIND) = N

The number of Blue marbles in the box ............. = B

The number of Red marbles in the box ............. = R

The number of Green marbles in the box ......... = G

Then

R + B + G = N

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[Steven G]

How many of each color if there are 100 marbles? What is the difference between the Blue and Green marbles? How can we make the difference = 150?