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?
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.
ANSWER:E
2x/(x - 420) = 2 + 2(extra)
=> 2x - 840 = x => x = 840.
ANSWER:E