Thursday, September 9, 2010

Whole Number P6 2010 SA2 Red Swastika P2 Q 8

Raju and Gywneth shared some sweets. If Raju gave 1/2 of his share to Gywneth, Gywneth will have 8 more sweets from Raju. If Raju gave 1/4 of his share to Gywneth, Gywneth would have 2 more sweets than Raju. How many sweets did Raju have at first ? [Ans 12]


R [       ][       ]
G [       ][8]

G --> 8
                  |2|
R [  ][  ][  ][  ]
G [  ][   8     ]

2 u --> 8 - 2 = 6

4 u --> 4/2 x 6 = 12 sweets

It was 12 sweets.

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