Question

Joy organized a wedding. Guests had to choose their meal. 1/3 of the guests chose beef . 5/12 of the guests chose chicken . 23 of the guests chose vegetarian how many guests where at the party ???

Answer 1

Let the total no of guest be x

Joy organized a wedding. Guests had to choose their meal. 1/3 of the guests chose beef . 5/12 of the guests chose chicken . 23 of the guests chose vegetarian how many guests where at the party ???

Answer is 92

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Let the total no of guests be x

Therefore 1/3 of x = x/3

5/12 of x = 5x/12

Veg =23

Therefore according to question

x-[x/3+5x/12]=23

Solve for x

x-9x/12 =23

[12x-9x]/12=23

3x=23*12

x=23*4

x=92