Question

A Shopkeeper sells one big and one small type of boxes of orange. In the bigger box, there are 5 oranges more than that in smaller boxes. If there are 75 oranges in the bigger box. Prepare the equation to find the number of oranges in the smaller box. (Suppose 'a' is the number of oranges in the smaller box). Prepare equation for the given situation.

Answer 1

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Answer 2

Answer:

a = Number of Oranges in Big Box - 5

Number of Oranges in small Box  = 70

Step-by-step explanation:

In the bigger box, there are 5 oranges more than that in smaller boxes

Let say Number of Oranges in small Box =  a

then Number of Oranges in Big Box =  a + 5

=> a = Number of Oranges in Big Box - 5

Now given that

there are 75 oranges in the bigger box

=> a + 5 = 75

subtracting 5 from both sides

=> a + 5 - 5 = 75 - 5

=> a = 70

Number of Oranges in small Box  = 70