Question

Ravi has two sisters, Harsha and Harpreet. He likes to share out his sweets

unfairly. One day he gives Harsha twice as many as he gives himself, and
he gives Harpreet half as many as he gives himself. If there are 42 sweets
in total how many does Ravi get?

Answer 1

12

Explanation:

let the unknown number be x

x+ 2x + 1/2x=4

multiply the both by 2

2x+4x +x =84

7x=84

x=12