Question

The first car of the D-line train carried 1.5 times the number of passengers that the second car carried. Three passengers get out of the first car at Newton Center and two passengers get into the second car at the same station. After this stop both cars had an equal number of passengers. How many passengers were in each car before the Newton Center stop?

Answer 1

the first car has 15 passengers and the second has 10

Explanation: