Question

A bus is travelling with 48 passengers. when it arrives at a stop, x passengers get off and 3 get on. At the next stop half the passengers get off and 7 get on. There are now 22 passengers. Find x

Answer 1

Answer:

48 passengers

x get off, and 3 gets on

so there are now 48 - x + 3 = 51 - x passengers on the train

half of the passenger gets off, and 7 gets on

so there are:

(51-x)/2 + 7 passenger on the train

given that ther are 22 passenger now

so,

22 = (51-x)/2 + 7

x = 21 <== answer

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