Question

2160 chocolates were distributed equally among children in such a way that
number of chocolates received by each child is 15% of the total number of chil-
dren. How many chocolates did each child get ?
1) 16
2) 20
3) 14
4) 24
5) 28

Answer 1

Answer:

Each child gets 18 chocolates.

Solution:

The total chocolates distributed is 2160

Let us assume that the total number of children = x

So each child got total $\left(\frac{2160}{x}\right)$ chocolates.

As given each children received $15\%$ of total children

So,  $\Rightarrow \frac{2160}{x}=\frac{15 x}{100}$

$\Rightarrow \quad x^{2}=144 \times 100$

$\Rightarrow x = 12\times10 = 120$

So the children got total $\frac{2160}{120}$ = 18 chocolates