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please explain..
Should be A.

Can you explain this please?

to have r/(b+w) > w/(b+r). r should be grater than w other wise its not possible. try with some values.


I agree. You just need the number of r to be larger than the number of b, because no matter what, the total number of marbles will be the same. It doesn't matter what w is, so you can essentially take it out of the whole equation. If you do that, you get:

r/b > b/r

To have a greater fraction, you need a higher numerator relative to the denominator. So that means r is larger than b.
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Thanks a lot guys. :-D



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