On Children’s Day, sweets were to be equally distributed among 175 children in a school. Actually on the Children’s Day 35 children were absent and therefore, each child got 4 sweets extra. How many sweets were available in all for distribution?  Choose the correct answer:
A) 2480 B) 2680 C) 2750 D) 2400 E) None of these
Let the original number of sweets be x.   According to the question,   x⁄140 - x⁄175 = 4   or, 175x – 140x = 4 × 140 × 175   or, x = 4×140×175/35=2800   Answer None of these
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On Children’s Day, sweets were to be equally distributed among 175 children in a school. Actually on the Children’s Day 35 children were absent and therefore, each child got 4 sweets extra. How many sweets were available in all for distribution?