Question

a host has arranged 2 bowls of soup for every three guest, one bowl of main dish for every four guest and a bowl of dessert dor every five guest . there are 134 bowls of food at that party . find the no. of guest at that party ​

Answer 1

Let the total number of guests be x.

Then,Number of bowls of rice = 2xNumber of bowls of dal

= 3xNumber of bowls of meat = 4x∴2x+3x+4x=65 ⟹126x+4x+3x=65⟹1213x=65⟹x=60Therefore, 60 guests were present at the party