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?

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?

Ques:- 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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2 Answers on this Question

  1. 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

  2. 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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