On the independence day, bananas were be equally distributed among the children in a school so that ...

On the independence day, bananas were be equally distributed among the children in a school so that each child would get two bananas. On the particular day 420 children were absent and as a result each child got two extra bananas. Find the actual number of children in the school?

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Answer/Solution

840

Steps/Work

Let the number of children in the school be x. Since each child gets 2 bananas, total number of bananas = 2x.
2x/(x - 420) = 2 + 2(extra)
=> 2x - 840 = x => x = 840.
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On the independence day, bananas were be equally distributed among the children in a school so that each child would get two bananas. On the particular day children were absent and as a result each child got two extra bananas. Find the actual number of children in the school?

Calculated Answer

840

Step by Step Solution

In order to solve problem, you must evaluate n0 * 2.

n0 =420