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In a Bag, There Are Some Diamonds. in Another Bag, There Are One Fourth the Number More than the Number of Diamonds in the First Bag.

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प्रश्न

In a bag, there are some diamonds. In another bag, there is one fourth the number more than the number of diamonds in the first bag. If the difference in the number of diamonds in the first and second bag is 3, how many diamonds are there in the first bag?

विकल्प

  • 12

  • 10

  • 8

  • 16

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उत्तर

12

Explanation:

Let the number of diamonds in the first bag = a

∴ The number of diamonds is the second bag `= "a" + "a"/4 = "5a"/4`

According to the given condition

`=> "5a"/4 - "a" = 3 => "a" = 12`

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