Alan, Ben and Simon had some storybooks in the ratio 10:3:5. Alan gave Ben and Simon a total of 76 storybooks so that all of them had the same number of storybooks. Find the total number of storybooks the boys had.
2 answers
152 storybooks
AAAaannndd the bot gets it wrong yet again!
They started out with 10x,3x,5x books, respectively
10x-76 = 3x+y = 5x+76-y
x=19, y=57, so they started out with 18*19 = 342 books
check:
190-76 = 114
57+57 = 114
95+19 = 114
OK!
They started out with 10x,3x,5x books, respectively
10x-76 = 3x+y = 5x+76-y
x=19, y=57, so they started out with 18*19 = 342 books
check:
190-76 = 114
57+57 = 114
95+19 = 114
OK!