Question

Ramesh gave 1/2 of his marbles to Samyak and 1/3 of what was left to ranchit. If ranchit gets 10 marbles how many did samyak get?

Answer 1

(1/3)x * (1/2)x = 10

1/6x = 10

x = 10/(1/6)

x = 10 * 6

x = ?

Answer 2

Samyak got half of x.