Question

Mira and Bharat had a total of 1134 marbles. After each of them gave away some marbles, the number of marbles Mira had left was 4 times the number of marbles she had given away. The number of marbles Bharat had left was three times the number of
marbles he had given away. If they had a total of 897 marbles left, how many marbles did Bharat have at first?

Answer 1

m+b = 1134
If they gave away x and y marbles, respectively, then
m-x = 4x
b-y = 3y
m-x + b-y = 897
b = 204