Deducing the marbles in each bag!

Number Theory Level pending

There are 5 bags, each containing 23, 25, 36, 37, and 50 marbles. John numbered the 5 bags, looked at them and gave 3 statements:

  • The total marbles in 3 bags ( 1 ) , ( 2 ) , ( 3 ) (1), (2), (3) are three times as many as the marbles in bag ( 4 ) (4) .

  • The number of marbles in bag ( 2 ) (2) is an odd number.

  • Bag ( 1 ) (1) has more marbles than bag ( 3 ) (3) .

Assume all 3 statements are true. How many marbles are there in bag ( 3 ) (3) ?

Bonus: How many marbles are there in each bag?


The answer is 36.

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1 solution

Tin Le
Aug 3, 2020

Let's examine the first statement:

The total marbles in 3 bags ( 1 ) , ( 2 ) , ( 3 ) (1), (2), (3) are three times as many as the marbles in bag ( 4 ) (4) .

Therefore, the total marbles in 4 bags ( 1 ) , ( 2 ) , ( 3 ) , ( 4 ) (1), (2), (3), (4) are four times as many as the marbles in bag ( 4 ) (4) .

The total marbles in 5 bags are 23 + 25 + 36 + 37 + 50 = 171 23+25+36+37+50=171 , which has a remainder of 3 when divided by 4.

Examining the marbles in each bag, the only number of marbles which has a remainder of 3 when divided by 4 is 23 23 .

Hence bag ( 5 ) (5) has 23 marbles, and bag ( 4 ) (4) has 171 23 4 = 37 \frac{171-23}{4} = 37 marbles.

Therefore, the remaining 3 bags ( 1 ) , ( 2 ) , ( 3 ) (1),(2),(3) have either 25, 36 or 50 marbles.

The number of marbles in bag ( 2 ) (2) is an odd number.

Using the second statement, it's obvious that bag ( 2 ) (2) has 25 25 marbles.

Bag ( 1 ) (1) has more marbles than bag ( 3 ) (3) .

Using the third statement, we can deduce that bag ( 1 ) (1) has 50 marbles and bag ( 3 ) (3) has 36 \boxed{36} marbles.


Bonus: Conclusion: \text{Conclusion: } Bag ( 1 ) (1) has 50 marbles, bag ( 2 ) (2) has 25 marbles, bag ( 3 ) (3) has 36 marbles, bag ( 4 ) (4) has 37 marbles and bag ( 5 ) (5) has 23 marbles.

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