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 420 children were absent and as a result each child got two extra bananas. Find the actual number of children in the school? Options:
A) 600 B) 620 C) 500 D) 520 E) 840
Let the number of children in the school be x. Since each child gets 2 bananas, total number of bananas = 2x.   2x/(x - 420) = 2 + 2(extra)   =&gt; 2x - 840 = x =&gt; x = 840.   ANSW840R:840
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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 420 children were absent and as a result each child got two extra bananas. Find the actual number of children in the school?