Three friends divided some bullets equally. After all of them shot 4 bullets the total number of bullets remaining is equal to the bullets each had after division. Find the original number divided.

• Let Total no of bullets=x , no of bullets in each person after division=x/3,after shot total no of bullets=x-12,so x-12=x/3,x=18
  original no=18.
• 14 years agoHelpfull: Yes(36) No(3)
• let 3X be the number of bullets intially they had..
  so after division each will have X bullets.
  so after shooting 4 bullets .
  
  X-4+X-4+X-4=X;
  2X=12;
  X=6;
  so the initial number of bullets is 18
• 11 years agoHelpfull: Yes(18) No(0)
• Let Total no of bullets=x , no of bullets in each person after division=x/3,after shot total no of bullets=x-12,so x-12=x/3,x=18
  original no=18
• 7 years agoHelpfull: Yes(1) No(0)