Question

When the debris was cleared away, there were 52 bricks left some were red and the rest were white. The red bricks numbered 16 more than twice the number of white bricks. How many bricks of each color were there?

Answer 1

Answer = 40 bricks

Let white bricks = x

Let red bricks = 2x+16

A.T.Q

x+2x+16 = 52

3x+16=52

3x = 52-16

3x = 36

x = 36/3

x = 12

•white bricks = 12

•Red bricks = 2multiply by12+16

= 40