Question

2. On particular day, sweets were to be equally distributed
among 495 students of a school. However, on that
particular day 396 students from a nearby school also
joined them. Hence each student present on that day got
four sweets less. How many sweets were distributed?
(a) 5445
(b) 4950 (c) 4455 (d) 3960
(e) None of these
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Answer 1

Answer:

Description for Correct answer:

Let the number of sweets be x.

According to question

x495−x891=4x495−x891=4

=>891x−495x891×495=4891x−495x891×495=4

=>396x=4×891×495396x=4×891×495

=> x =4×891×495396=44554×891×495396=4455

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