Question

a) Two workers laid 250 bricks. If Ram had laid twice as many as he did and Shyam had laid half as many as Ram did, there would have been 50 bricks left over. How many bricks did each lay?​

Answer 1

Explanation:

Let x be the number of bricks Ram laid.

Shyam laid x/2 bricks.

Therefore, x + x/2 + 250 = x(3/2) + 250 = x(3/2) = 300

x = (2*300)/3 = 200

Ram laid 200 bricks.

Shyam laid 200/2 = 100 bricks.