Question

a confectioner had some boxes for burger and he bought 50 boxes and after 2 days half of the boxes where used and only 40 boxes were left find the number of boxes here in the Beginning

Answer 1

Let the no. of boxes be x
Now,
Boxes left after the confectioner bought 50 of the boxes= x+50
After 2 days,
The half of the boxes were used so, x+50/2=40
x+50=80
x=30
Therefore the no. of boxes in the beginning were 30 boxes.
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Answer 2

Answer:

He bought 50 more boxes. After two days, half of these boxes were used and 40 were left. This means that, x + 50/2 were used and 40 were left. Answer:The confectioner initially had 30 boxes.Jan 16, 2019