A box contains coloured marbles: red, green, and blue. The number of red marbles is equal to that of green marbles. Additionally, the green marbles are three times as many as the blue ones. Based on this, which of the following holds true about the count of red marbles?
(a) Equal to the difference between green and blue marbles
(b) Three times the number of blue marbles
(c) Equal to the sum of green and blue marbles
(d) Cannot be concluded from the given data

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A box contains coloured marbles: red, green, and blue. The number of red marbles is equal to that of green marbles. Additionally, the green marbles are three times as many as the blue ones. Based on this, which of the following holds true about the count of red marbles?
(a) Equal to the difference between green and blue marbles
(b) Three times the number of blue marbles
(c) Equal to the sum of green and blue marbles
(d) Cannot be concluded from the given data

ONLiNE UPSC · Accepted Answer

Let blue marbles = x
Then green marbles = 3x
And red marbles = green marbles = 3x
So red marbles = 3 times blue marbles.

Hence, option b is correct.

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A box contains coloured marbles: red, green, and blue. The number of red marbles is equal to that of green marbles. Additionally, the green marbles are three times as many as the blue ones. Based on this, which of the following holds true about the count of red marbles? (a) Equal to the difference between green and blue marbles (b) Three times the number of blue marbles (c) Equal to the sum of green and blue marbles (d) Cannot be concluded from the given data

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