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On Teacher?s Day sweets were to be equally distributed amongst 540 children. But on that particular day 135 children remained absent hence…

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On Teacher?s Day sweets were to be equally distributed amongst 540 children. But on that particular day 135 children remained absent hence each child got 2 sweets extra. How many sweets was each child originally supposed to get ?
  • A4
  • B8
  • C10
  • D6
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Sweet received by each child = (((540 -135)*2) / 135)

= 6
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Solution
Let the number of sweet that were supposed to have been distributed originally for each child be X.

So, total number of sweets = 540*X
However, as only 540-135 = 405 students came, each student received X+2 sweets.

So, total number of sweets = 405*(X+2)
As these two are equal, 540*X = 405*(X+2)

Or, 4X = 3(X+2)
So, X=6