Question

Alice, Bob, Charles and Darwin are sharing an orange. Bob got twice as many slices as Charles,

Charles got 5 times less slices than Darwin, and Darwin got 8 slices more than Charles. Find the
number of slices in the orange given that Alice got only the peel.
(A) 10 (B) 12 (C) 14 (D) 15 (E) 16

Answer 1

E

Explanation:

Let

A = # of slices Alice got

B = # of slices Bob got

C = # of slices Charles got

D = # of slices Darwin got

First, write equations based on given information:

A = 0

B = 2C

5C = D

D = C + 8

5C = D -> D = 5C

Now that we have two equations for D, we can set them equal to each other:

5C = C + 8

4C = 8

C = 2

Now just plug in the rest:

A = 0

B = 2(2) = 4

C = 2

D = 2 + 8 = 10

Add all solutions together to get (E) 16 slices