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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Three friends divided some bullets equally. After all of them shot 4 bullets the total number of b..

Answer / guest

Ans =18

Explanation:

Assume that initial there were 3*X bullets.

So they got X bullets each after division.

All of them shot 4 bullets. So now they have (X - 4)
bullets each.

But it is given that,after they shot 4 bullets each, total
number of bullets remaining is equal to the bullets each
had after division i.e. X

Therefore, the equation is
3 * (X - 4) = X
3 * X - 12 = X
2 * X = 12
X = 6

Therefore the total bullets before division is = 3 * X = 18

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Three friends divided some bullets equally. After all of them shot 4 bullets the total number of b..

Answer / naveen

Ansr is 6.
Suppose there are x bullets.then 4 bullets are shot.now total no. Of remainin bullets are (x-4).these (x-4) bullets are equal to the bullets each had after division i.e., (x-4)=(x/3).here x/3 is equal bullets divided among three frnds

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Three friends divided some bullets equally. After all of them shot 4 bullets the total number of b..

Answer / naveen

Answer 1 is incorrect because in the que it is not given that each of them shot 4 bullets,it is given that all of them shot 4 bullets

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Three friends divided some bullets equally. After all of them shot 4 bullets the total number of b..

Answer / kavin

18

Initially . x x x

Now x-4 x-4 x-4

Equation is 3x-12 = x

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