Zachary had 290 balls kept in 2 separate boxes, A and B. When 2/5 of the balls were transferred from Box A to Box B, Box A still had 10 balls more than Box B. How many balls were there in each of the boxes at first?

Zachary had 290 balls kept in 2 separate boxes, A and B. When 2/5 of the balls were transferred from Box A to Box B, Box A still had 10 balls more than Box B. How many balls were there in each of the boxes at first?

Advanced Engineering Mathematics

10th Edition

ISBN:9780470458365

Author:Erwin Kreyszig

Publisher:Erwin Kreyszig

Chapter2: Second-order Linear Odes

Section: Chapter Questions

Problem 1RQ

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