Question

300 apples are distributed equally among a certain number of students. Had there been 10 more students, each would have received one apple less. Find the number of students.

Answer 1

Let x be the no. of students and y is the number of apples taken by each person.

3000 = x² + 10x

x² + 10x – 3000 = 0

On applying Sreedhracharya formula

X = – 60 or X = 50

The number of students are 50. (as only positive values are considered).