Question

A group of boys bought 169 mangoes are distributed it among them selves .If each boy got the number of mangoes equal to the number of boys in the group .find out the numbers of boys in the group
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Answer 1

Answer:

Let the total number of boys be x.

Then, mangoes with one boy = x

According to Question,

x × x = 169

=> x² = 169

=> x = 13

Hence, there were 13 boys in the group.