Question

4.
The number of pencils with P is 5/3 times the number
of pencils with Q. If P has 18 pencils more than Q,
then find the total number of pencils with them.​

Answer 1

Answer:

p=5/3.q

q+18=5/3.q

3q+54=5q

q=27

p=45

Answer 2

Answer:

45

Step-by-step explanation:

p=18+q. (1)

and p=5/3.q. (2)

=18+q=5/3q. (from 1 and 2)

=q=45