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 are three times as many as the marbles in bag .
The number of marbles in bag is an odd number.
Bag has more marbles than bag .
Assume all 3 statements are true. How many marbles are there in bag ?
Bonus: How many marbles are there in each bag?
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Let's examine the first statement:
Therefore, the total marbles in 4 bags ( 1 ) , ( 2 ) , ( 3 ) , ( 4 ) are four times as many as the marbles in bag ( 4 ) .
The total marbles in 5 bags are 2 3 + 2 5 + 3 6 + 3 7 + 5 0 = 1 7 1 , 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 2 3 .
Hence bag ( 5 ) has 23 marbles, and bag ( 4 ) has 4 1 7 1 − 2 3 = 3 7 marbles.
Therefore, the remaining 3 bags ( 1 ) , ( 2 ) , ( 3 ) have either 25, 36 or 50 marbles.
Using the second statement, it's obvious that bag ( 2 ) has 2 5 marbles.
Using the third statement, we can deduce that bag ( 1 ) has 50 marbles and bag ( 3 ) has 3 6 marbles.
Bonus: Conclusion: Bag ( 1 ) has 50 marbles, bag ( 2 ) has 25 marbles, bag ( 3 ) has 36 marbles, bag ( 4 ) has 37 marbles and bag ( 5 ) has 23 marbles.