Question

On Independence Day, chocolates were to be equally distributed among 160 children
However, on the actual day 30 children were absent and therefore each child got
3 chocolates extra Total how many chocolates were available for distnbution ?
1) 2240
2) 2400
3) 2080
4) 1920
5) 2120
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Answer 1

Total number of children = 160

No.of children present on the actual day = 130

Let,

The no.of chocolates distributed for each child among 160 children = x

no.of chocolates distributed to each child among 130 children = x+3

Then

160(x) = (x+3)130

160x = 130x+390

30x = 390

x = 390/30

x = 13

Therefore,

no.of chocolates distributed to each child among 130 children = x+3 = 13 + 3 = 16