Decimals and Fractions Practice Test 3

Question : 25 of 40

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A train started from Chennai at 5:00 a.m. At the next station,

1/4

of passengers got down and 48 got in. At the third station,

1 /3

of the total passengers present in train got down and 28 got in. Now the totally 332 passengers in the train. What wasthe total number of passengers present in the begin?

Validate

Solution:

Let the total numbers of passengers be x.
Then, the number of passenger at the second station

=x-x/4+48={3x}/4+48

Now, the number of passengers at the third station

2/3({3x}/4+48)+28=332

⇒x/2+32+28=332

⇒x/2=272

⇒x=544

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