Question

harish has twice as manu sweet as dora. after eating 18 sweet each. shr has five times as many as dora. how many sweet and harish start with?

Answer 1

Let no. of sweets with dora be = x

Therefore , no. of sweets with harish = 2x

A.T.Q ,

2x-18 = 5(x-18)

Solving this ... We get,

2x - 18 = 5x - 90

Now ,

2x - 5x = -90 + 18

-3x = -72

3x = 72 ( minus cancels out with minus )

X = 24

No. Of sweets with Harish = 2x ( stated above )

So, Harish starts with 2 * 24 = 48 sweets