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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.
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- 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. - 15 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 - 8 years agoHelpfull: Yes(1) No(0)
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