Question

sekhar gives a quater of his sweets to renu and then gives 5 sweets to raji . he has 7 sweets left. how many did he have to start with

Answer 1

Let the no.of sweets sekhar had be x
       sekhar gives quarter of the sweets to renu ,  5 to rajii  and 7 sweets are left.
           x/4 + 7 + 5 =x
             (x+48)/4=x
             x+48=4x
             3x=48
             x=16
   therefore, the no.of sweets sekhar had at the beginning are 16