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300 toffees are equally distributed among children of a class. If there were 10 children less in the class, each child would have got 5 toffees more. How many children are there
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300 toffees are equally distributed among children of a class. If there were 10 children less in the class, each child would have got 5 toffees more. How many children are there in the class?
Answer by josgarithmetic(39620) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
p, how many children, "pupils".
The distribution:
toffees per child
If 10 fewer to p.
Result in toffees per child
If p+10 children, then for toffees per child.
Solving the equation is the easy part of the process. The bigger effort is the analysis leading upto and forming the equation.
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