A and B have a total of 39 oranges with them. A told B that if A gives three oranges to B, A will have 4/9th of the oranges that B will have. Find the number of oranges that B had initially
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let A has x oranges and B has y oranges
therefore according to the given condition
x+y=39 ,x=39-y
if A give three oranges to be
then oranges with
A=x-3
B=y+3
therefore according to given condition
x-3=4/9(y+3)
39-y-3=4/9y+4/3
36-y=4/9y+4/3
36-4/3=4/9y+y
104/3=13/9y
therefore y=24
, therefore x=15
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therefore according to the given condition
x+y=39 ,x=39-y
if A give three oranges to be
then oranges with
A=x-3
B=y+3
therefore according to given condition
x-3=4/9(y+3)
39-y-3=4/9y+4/3
36-y=4/9y+4/3
36-4/3=4/9y+y
104/3=13/9y
therefore y=24
, therefore x=15
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