Question

1. In a lot of 154 coats, there are 3 less white coats than red coats but 5 more white coats than green coats. If all coats are red, white or green, how many red coats are there? ​

Answer 1

In a bundle of 154 shirts, number of white shirts is 3 less than the number of red shirts, but 5 more than the green shirts. Then how many red shirts are there?

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Solution

Let the number of white shirts be x

redshirts=x+3

green shirts=x−5

Given,

Total shirts=x+x+3+x−5=154

⟹3x−2=154

x=52

redshirts=55

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