Question

4. Out of herd of camels, one-sixth went to the river’s bank, one-third sat at a place for rest and one-fourth of them were busy in eating leaves. If there were still 9 camels left in the herd, find the total number of camels.

Answer 1

Answer:

let the total no. of camels be x

thus, x-(1/6x+1/3x+ 1/4x)=9

x-(2/12x+4/12x+3/12x)=9

x- 9/12x=9

12/12x-9/12x=9

3/12x=9

x=9*12/3

x=36

Answer 2

Answer:

1/6+1/3+1/4+9

=9/12+9

=(108+9)/12

=117/9

=13