Question

bus starts with some passengers one fourth of the passengers get off at first stop 6 at second and 8 at the last. if 16 passengers are left in the bus how many were there in the beginning in the bus

Answer 1

ANSWER:
$40 \: passangers \: were \: there \: in \: the \: begining$

EXPLANATION:
let x be the total no. of passangers in the begining
so,
$x - (\frac{x}{4} + 6 + 8) = 16$
After solving the equation we get x= 40

Answer 2

Step-by-step explanation:

let the passengers be x

At 1st stop

x-x/4=3x/4

At 2nd stop

3x/4-6

At last stop

3x/4-6-8=16

3x/4-14=16

3x/4=30

x=30×4/3

x=40