Question

1/7th of the passengers of a train were children 4/7th of the passengers were gents and the rest were ladies if the number of ladies in the train was 250 find the total number of passengers in the train​

Answer 1

Answer:

let total no. of passengers be 'x'

Step-by-step explanation:

children = 1/7 of x = x/7

gents = 4/7 of x = 4x/7

children + gents = x/7 +4x/7 = 5x/7

ladies = 250

x - 5x/7 = 250

2x = 1750 => x = 875

total no. of passengers = 875 Answer

Answer 2

Answer:

Step-by-step explanation:

Let the number of passengers be x

So, the number of children will be 1/7x

and the number of gents will be 4/7x

Number of ladies is 250.....(given)

Total number of passengers in train=number of children + number of gents + number of ladies

x =1/7x + 4/7x + 250

x = 1x + 4x /7 + 250

x =5x/7 + 250

x =5x + 1750 / 7

7x = 5x + 1750

7x - 5x = 1750

2x = 1750

x =1750/2

x = 875

Therefore, total number of passengers in train is 875