Ram has some marbles, if Shyam has 5 more marbles than Ram has, then find the number of marbles Ram and Shyam have respectively(use any letter for number of marbles).

y, y + 5

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p - 5, p

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y, 5 - y

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p, 5p

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Solution

The correct options are
A y, y + 5
B p - 5, p
Let y be the number of marbles Ram has.

According to the given condition, the marbles shyam has = y +5.

Similarly,
let p be the number of marbles shyam has.
According to the condition,
number of marbles Ram has = p - 5.

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Ram has some marbles, if Shyam has 5 more marbles than Ram has, then find the number of marbles Ram and Shyam have respectively(use any letter for number of marbles).

The correct options are A y, y + 5 B p - 5, pLet y be the number of marbles Ram has. According to the given condition, the marbles shyam has = y +5. Similarly, let p be the number of marbles shyam has. According to the condition, number of marbles Ram has = p - 5.

The correct options are
A y, y + 5
B p - 5, p
Let y be the number of marbles Ram has.

According to the given condition, the marbles shyam has = y +5.

Similarly,
let p be the number of marbles shyam has.
According to the condition,
number of marbles Ram has = p - 5.