SOLUTION: A gentleman was going into garden for walking, saw some young ladies and greeted them, Good morning to you ten young ladies� �uncle, you have mistaken� answered one of them �we a

Question 983815: A gentleman was going into garden for walking, saw some young ladies and greeted them, Good morning to you ten young ladies�
�uncle, you have mistaken� answered one of them �we are not 10, but if we were twice as many more as we are, we should be as many above 10 as we are now under�.
How many were they?

Answer by macston(5194) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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x=number of young ladies
3x="twice as many more as we are"
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10-x=3x-10
20=4x
5=x
ANSWER: There are five young ladies.
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