On the independence day, bananas were be equally distributed among the children in a school so that each child would get two bananas. On the particular day 360 children were absent and as a result each child got two extra bananas. Find the actual number of children in the school?
Correct answer: E. None of these
- A. 600
- B. 620
- C. 500
- D. 520
- E. None of these
Explanation
If there are n children, the total supply is 2n bananas. After 360 children are absent, each of the n - 360 children receives 4 bananas, so 2n = 4(n - 360), giving n = 720 children. A likely choice is option a, 600, from adding the 360 absent children to the remaining children without using the total-banana equation correctly.
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