At first , Ben had some red , blue , and green marbles.
During a game , he removed 54 red marbles , gave away 40 % of the blue marbles , and increased the green marbles by 25 %.
After the game , the ratio of the number of red marbles to the number of blue marbles to the number of green marbles was 3 : 1 : 5.
The total number of marbles he had before and after the game was the same.
a.) What fraction of the marbles were red at first ?
b.) How many green marbles had he increased during the game ?
a.) The fraction of red marbles at first is 3u + 54 .
And the red marbles at first is 540.
b). He increased 162 green marbles during the game.