Dharik lives in a house on a straight street. For years, there have been 16 houses on his street to the right of his house and 17 houses on his street to the left of his house. Last year, 5 new houses were built on the same street even further to the left of those houses to the left of dharik's house. If these are the only houses on this street, how many houses are on this street?
Answers
Answer:
38housess were build on the total street
Therefore the total number of houses in the street is 39.
Given:
Dark lives in a house on a straight street.
For years, there have been 16 houses on his street to the right of his house and 17 houses on his street to the left of his house.
Last year, 5 new houses were built on the same street even further to the left of those houses to the left of dharik's house.
To Find:
The number of houses presents on the street.
Solution:
The given question can be solved as shown below.
Let us solve this question step by step with one clue taken at once.
Clue-1:
There have been 16 houses on his street to the right of Dharik's house.
⇒ D _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ → 16 houses
Clue-2:
17 houses on his street to the left of Dharik's house.
⇒ 17 houses ← _ _ _ _ _ _ D _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ → 16 houses
Clue-3:
Last year, 5 new houses were built on the same street even further to the left of those houses to the left of dharik's house.
⇒ 5 houses + 17 houses ← _ _ _ _ _ _ D _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ → 16 houses
⇒ 22 houses ← _ _ _ _ _ _ D _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ → 16 houses
22 houses + Dharik's house + 16 houses
Total number of houses = 22 + 1 + 16 = 39
Therefore the total number of houses in the street is 39.
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