Question

In a garden,if 6 bees sit on each flower then the last flower having 4 bees, if 5 bees sit on each flower then 2 more bees will be left. Then total no of flowers and bees?

Answer 1

Let the number of bees = x Then the number of flowes = (x - 1) If the number of bees sitting on each flower is 2, number of flowers is (x/2 + 1). ⇒ (x/2 + 1) = (x - 1) ⇒ x - x/2 = 2 ⇒ x/2 = 2 ⇒ x = 4 Therefore, number of bees is 4 and the number of flowers is (4 - 1) i.e. 3.