On the independence day, bananas were be equally distributed among the children in a school so that each child would get two bananas. On the particular day 350 children were absent and as a result each child got two extra bananas. Find the actual number of children in the school?
Pick.
A) 237  B) 287  C) 197  D) 287  E) 700
Explanation:   Let the number of children in the school be x. Since each child gets 2 bananas, total number of bananas = 2x.   2x/(x - 350) = 2 + 2(extra)   =&gt; 2x - 700 = x =&gt; x = 700.   Answer: 700
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On the independence day, bananas were be equally distributed among the children in a school so that each child would get two bananas. On the particular day 350 children were absent and as a result each child got two extra bananas. Find the actual number of children in the school?