Three friends divided some bullets equally. After all of them shot 4 bullets the total no of remaining bullets is equal to that of one has after division. Find the original number divided.Correct answer is '18'. Can you explain this answer?

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Let bullet one has = x
remaining bullets = 3x-12
atq:
3x-12=x
=> x=6
total bullets=3x
=3×6
=18(answer)

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Answer is 18

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Problem: Three friends divided some bullets equally. After all of them shot 4 bullets the total no of remaining bullets is equal to that of one has after division. Find the original number divided.

Solution:

Let us assume that the original number of bullets divided equally among the three friends is 'x'. Therefore, each friend would get 'x/3' bullets.

After all of them shoot 4 bullets, the total number of bullets remaining is (x - 12).

Also, according to the question, the total number of bullets remaining is equal to that of one has after division, which means (x - 12) = (x/3).

Solving the above equation, we get:

x - 12 = x/3
3x - 36 = x
2x = 36
x = 18

Therefore, the original number of bullets divided equally among the three friends is 18.

Answer: The original number of bullets divided equally among the three friends is 18.

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