Question

out of a herd of camels one sixth went to the river bank, one third sat a place for rest and one fourth of them were busy in eating leaves. If there were still 9 camels left in the herd, find the total number of camels.

Answer 1

let the total no of camels be x
x - ( 1/6x + 1/3x + 1/4x ) = 9
x - ( 2x + 4x+ 3x/12) = 9
x - 9/12x =9
12x - 9x /12 = 9
3/12x = 9
x = 9*12/3
x = 36

Answer 2

Answer:

36 .

Step-by-step explanation:

Let the total number of camel be x .

No. of camel seen in forest = x / 4

No. of camel gone to mountains = 2 √ x

No. of camel seen on bank of river = 15

Total no. of camel .

x / 4 + 2 √ x + 15

x = x / 4 + 2 √ x + 15

3 x - 60 = 8 √ x

Squaring on both sides:

64 x = 9 x² - 360 x + 3600

9 x² - 424 x + 3600 = 0

( x - 36 ) ( 9 x - 100 ) = 0

x = 36 or x = 100 / 9

Since camels cannot be in fraction .

Hence final answer i.e. total numbers of camels are 36.