Question

There are 7 horses in the circus. There are 8 more elephants than horses in the circus. How many elephants are in the circus?

Answer 1

Horse --7

Elephant 8 more

So,

7+8=15

15 elephant are there

Answer 2

Given,

        horses present in the circus = 7

In the question, it is given that the number of elephants is 8 more than the number of horses present in the circus.

∴ Number of elephants = number of horses + 8

from above, number of horses = 7

⇒ Number of elephants = 7 + 8

⇒ Number of elephants = 15

Thus,

There are 15 elephants in the circus.

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