A man ate 100 bananas in five days, each day eating 6 more than the previous day.
A man ate 100 bananas in five days, each day eating 6 more than the previous day. How many bananas did he eat on the first day?
Answer/Solution
8
Steps/Work
let the number of bannanas in first day be x
for consecutive five days it will be like x,x+6,x+12,x+18,x+24
the sum of those are 100, 5x+60=100
so,x=8
ANSWER:C
for consecutive five days it will be like x,x+6,x+12,x+18,x+24
the sum of those are 100, 5x+60=100
so,x=8
ANSWER:C