A sum 's' is divided into 4 parts. Second person gets Rs10 more than first. Third person gets Rs10 more than second, fourth gets Rs10 more than third. How much amount do first person gets.

swapna

• Sep 4th, 2006

 

hiii..

 can u explain this ans... i think the answer should be (s-30)/4

  but can u just tell me how could the ans be (s-60)/4.

satish

• Oct 4th, 2006

 

let the first part of s be x.then the 2nd, 3rd and 4th parts wud be x+10, x+20, x+30 respectively.thus s= (x)+(x+10)+(x+20)+(x+30) = 4x + 60Thus, x = (s-60)/4Hope this clears ur doubt.