Five-sixths of the boats in the marina are white, 2 5 of the remaining boats are blue, and the rest are red. If there are 12 red boats, how many boats are in the marina?

There are 120 boats in the marina.

Step-by-step explanation:

Let's suppose that there are N boats

We know that 5/6 of them are white, then we have: (5/6)*N white boats.

The remaining is: N - (5/6)*N = (1/6)*N

We know that 2/5 of the remaining are blue, then we have:

(2/5)*(1/6)*N blue boats

And the rest are red, the rest is:

(1/6)*N - (2/5)*(1/6)*N = (3/5)*(1/6)*N

Then we have (3/5)*(1/6)*N red boats.

And we know that there are 12 red boats, then:

(3/5)*(1/6)*N = 12

Now we can solve this for N, which is the total number of boats in the marina.

N = 12*(6)*(5/3) = 120

There are 120 boats in the marina.

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