An algebra problem by Aman Baser
Algebra
Level
pending
Indrajeet has '
' bananas and he gave '2x' bananas to Jitendra. If he left with 35 bananas, then how many bananas are there with Jitendra.
7
49
14
5
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1 solution
The quadratic made is x 2 -2x -35
solving it we get , (x-7)(x+5)
therefore, x=7 (neglecting '-5')
hence, 2x= 14