Question

At a party ,colas squash and fruits juice were offered to guests. A forth of the guests dark colas , a third dark squash , two fifth dark fruit juice and just three did not drink anything . How many guests were in all? ​

Answer 1

Answer

Let the total no. of guests is x. Then x/4 guests drunk cola, x/3 guests drunk squash and 2x/5 guests drunk fruit juice.

Then by the given question, x-(x/4+x/3+2x/5)=3

or, x-(15x+20x+24x)/60=3

or, x-59x/60=3

or, (60x-59x)/60=3

or, x/60=3

or, x=60×3

or, x=180

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