Glenn and Jason each have a collection of cricket balls. Glenn saidthat if Jason would give him 2 of his balls they would have an equalnumber; but, if Glenn would give Jason 2 of his balls, Jason would have 2times as many balls as Glenn. How many balls does Jason have?

1. G+2=j-2
2. 2(G-2)=J+2.
solve these 2 to get
J=14

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madhurimasridhar

  • Mar 6th, 2009
 

Glenn said that if jason would give him 2 of his balls then they would have equal no of balls.
The no of balls of Glenn is G say and jason is J say

given condition    G+2 = J

another condition is that       2 (G-2) = J+2

Solving these two condition we get  J value as 10

Jason has 10 balls.

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