Number System Ques 21
Question
On a particular day, sweets were to be equally distributed among 495 students of a school. However, on that particular day 396 students from a nearby school also joined them. Hence each student present on that day got four sweets less. How many sweets were distributed?
(1) 5445
(2) 4950
(3) 4455
(4) 3960
(5) None of these
(IBPS RRBs Office Assistant CWE Exam. 09.09.2012)
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Answer: (3)
Solution: (3)
Let the number of sweets be $x$.
According to question,
$\frac{x}{495}-\frac{x}{891}=4$
$\Rightarrow \frac{891 x-495 x}{891 \times 495}=4$
$\Rightarrow 396 x=4 \times 891 \times 495$
$\Rightarrow x=\frac{4 \times 891 \times 495}{396}=4455$
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