Hi
On a bus there were 54 passengers. There were 4 more boys than girls on the bus. 1/5 of the adult passengers and 1/6 of the children passengers were equal to 10.
How many boys were on the bus.
thanks
This is EXTREMELY easy and doesn't have to be as COMPLEX as some may make it out to be.
Let number of boys be B
Then number of girls = B - 4
Number of children: boys + girls = B + B - 4, or 2B - 4
Also, number of adults = 54 - (2B - 4) = 58 - 2B
We then get the following:
Solve this for B, and you should get:
That's ALL!! Nothing more, nothing less!