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There were 16 bicycles and tricycles. If total number of wheels are 38, find out the number of Bicycles?

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One day on reaching school, I found there were a total of 16 bicycles and tricycles parked in the school compound.
I counted the total number of wheels to be 38. Find out the number of Bicycles.

posted Jul 23, 2016 by anonymous

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Let's assume there are x bicycles and y tricycles.
Therefore-
Total number of cycles
x + y = 16
and Total number of wheels
2x+3y = 38

On solving both equations, you'll get x = 10 and y = 6.

Therefor number of bicycles = 10

answer Jul 24, 2016 by Shobhit Upadhyay
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LET no of bicycle and tricycle be X and Y
Then X+Y=16
and 2X+3Y=38
Solving X=10,Y=6
ANS 10 AND 6

answer Jul 24, 2016 by Gangadharan Kv



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