Question

Jolly had some burgers. he ate two burgers and then he divided the remaining burger amongst his friends. he has five friends. every friend received two burgers. how many burgers did jolly start with

Answer 1

Jolly had 12 burgers from the start.

if his five friends ate 2, you'd multiply that and get 10, then you add how many Jolly ate, which is 12.

Answer 2

12 burgers

Explanation:

Let Jolly had x burgers. If he eats two burgers then remaining burgers = (x-2)

Now he divides these remaining burgers among his five friends. Then each friend gets 2 burgers.

So the equation will be

`((x-2))/(5)=2`

We further simplify this equation to get the value of x.

(x-2) = 2 × 5

(x-2) = 10

x = 10 + 2

x = 12

Therefore, there were 12 burgers.