On children’s day sweet were to be equally distributed amongst 300 children. Butonthat particular day50 childrenremained absent;hence each child got one sweet extra. How many sweets were distributed

• Ans=1500
  If total sweet to be distributed=n
  Given (n/300)+1=n/(300-50) or 250(300+n)=300n , n=1500
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• 1500 sweets
  
  If each child gets y sweets, 50 students get 50y sweets
  
  If 50y sweets distributed among 250 students,
  => 50y/250 = 1
  => y = 5
  
  => total number of sweets = 5 x 300 = 1500 sweets
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