Question

After using 1/3 of his potatoes, a food stall owner bought another 2 kg of potatoes. As a result, the stall owner now has 5/6 as much potatoes as what he had at first. How many kilograms of potatoes were there at first?

Answer 1

$final \: result \: = 12kg \\ let \: \: the \: amount \: of \: potatoes \: \\ \: owner \: had \: initially \: be \: (n) \: kg \: \\ after \: using \: \frac{1}{3} \: of \: potatoes \: \\ remaining \: potatoes \: are = n - \frac{n}{3} \\ \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: = \frac{2n}{3} . \\ \\ now \: according \: to \: the \: question \: \\ we \: get \\ \: \frac{2n}{3} + 2 = \frac{5n}{6} \\ \: \: \: 2 = \frac{n}{6} \\ n \: = 12kg \: \\ \\ therefore \: no. \: of \: potatoes \: owner \: \\ had \: initially \: is \: 12kg. \\ \\ hope \: you \: understand \: my \: answer \: and \:\\ it \: may \: helps \: you \: \\ apologize \: me \: if \: there \: are \: errors.$